NaBloPoMo in April

This is not to be confused with my own personal NaNoWriMo for April, in which I’ve committed to adding 50,000 words to the first novel in my and Megan’s nine-book series.

As if that’s not enough, I’ve once again committed through BlogHer to join NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month – every month!) for April.

I guess that’s not really a big deal, since I’ve been posting every day for the last seven months. But April’s theme intrigues me.

Poem.

I don’t typically take writing prompts from BlogHer. They’re only there if you don’t know what to write… and when do I never not know what to write?!

But still.

Poem.

I might follow the prompts this time. At least now and then. I might just try my hand at being a part time poet.

As if I don’t have enough writing projects on the board. Literally. And literally!

This is my other commitment: that I’ll post my attempts, finished or not. [Unless they are really, really bad. Then you get nuttin’.]

And Frankly, My Dear… that’s all she wrote!

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by Molly Jo Realy @MollyJoRealy

In the Beginning
Nothing, expanded.
Blueprinted. Released.
Designed and planned for.

In the Beginning
Foundations laid.
Strength. Support.
Far-reaching.
Sun and moon and stars all over.

First
Fresh and new.
Structure.

Water and wood and
Green and blue

Views into the unknown.
Doors to the future
Expanding foundation.

Stairs and guards and patios and cellars
For climbing and protecting
And sharing and hiding.

Second
Learning, growing.
Planting roots, planting beauty.
Adding color, adding room.

Keeping up, trimming back
Filling out, fixing up
Settling in.

Third
Decorating.
Creating, remembering.
Mistakes, majesties.

Fourth
Repairs and hard work
and patchwork quilts

Reaching more
Moving out
Bigger horizons

Wearing down, getting old.

Coming back
Bringing more.

Fifth
Starting over.

History embraced,
Treasures unburied.

Attics and cellars and yards
And shelter
And food

And family.

Welcome.