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NAPOWRIMO2020 - Prompt 6 (ish)

4/18/2020

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Day 6 Prompt.... Today’s (optional) prompt is ekphrastic in nature – but rather particular! Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem from the point of view of one person/animal/thing from Hieronymous Bosch’s famous (and famously bizarre) triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights. Whether you take the position of a twelve-legged clam, a narwhal with a cocktail olive speared on its horn, a man using an owl as a pool toy, or a backgammon board being carried through a crowd by a fish wearing a tambourine on its head, I hope that you find the experience deliriously amusing. And if the thought of speaking in the voice of a porcupine-as-painted-by-a-man-who-never-saw-one leaves you cold, perhaps you might write from the viewpoint of Bosch himself? Very little is known about him, so there’s plenty of room for invention, embroidery, and imagination.
I table the prompt for another time. Indulge me, I implore you, for today I shall post another poem of a similar Prompt from an entirely separate situation: at a Writer’s Workshop, put on by Nest & Story, the prompt was a random picture handed to me. I don’t have the picture, but I do have the following poem...

It’s a Zoo in Here!

Characters (in a roomful of other rather non-descript, stereotypical, poser party people)

Paul - a dude
Chameleon guy -
Sly Cat -
Phil - a dude
Lenny - has a giraffe head
Bird Brain -
Buddy -
And, me - hiding behind the potted plant


It’s a zoo in here and I’m hiding behind the potted plant again.

You see, I had convinced myself to get out of the house more.
I vowed that I’d actually make it to a party that I said I would go to.
I’m here.
I miss the familiar comfort of my couch.

So, anyway, it’s a zoo in here and I’m hiding behind the potted plant...

It’s kinda cozy back here in my own little space.
I peer through the leaves and sneak a peek.
I notice Paul, in his dapper suit, talking to that chameleon guy, you know....
the one who’s always changing his views to please?
He’s got a purple cravat, knitted knotted just so #hashtag #trending,
and his hair is just so precise, not a strand out of place.
Why, just once, I’d like to see it askew...

I wrinkle my nose as the thick stench of pomp wafts my way,
ah, but it’s just cigar smoke and
I can’t stifle my.... aaaaa - aaaa - cchhhhhhooooooooo...
and everyone turns to look at the potted plant that sneezed
before turning back to their own one-up-manship sparring matches,
each trying to become the ultra-Alpha, conversational victor of the room

Sly Cat, and Phil (who’s got his bow tie on this evening,
so you know it’s a special night);
well, they speak of stocks and bonds and such, and since
they normally never even notice me on the street,
I’m not sure I have the courage to approach.

Even Lenny - he’s got a giraffe head, for Pete’s sake! -
even he is part of things.
He’s there, with Bird Brain and Buddy,
having a fine time... I’d love to know what they were saying....

Turns out, I never knew that what they were actually talking about was:
Sly Cat and Phil, bow ties and bonds,
Paul and cravats and cigars,
Chameleon guys and that one freak crouching in the corner behind the sneezing potted plant.


But, hey, it’s a zoo in here!


I tried to find a picture and couldn’t. I was almost bummed out until I realized that the poem IS the picture... and I - and you - could take it upon ourselves to make a picture of our own.... ooooihhhh, fun:)
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NaPoWriMo2020 Day 5 Prompt - Twenty Little Poetry Projects

4/18/2020

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Reflection & Aha... I used to worry about posting a poem every day, which was silly. I work on poetry every day during May, nay April (but the rhyme...), which is why there is NAPOWRIMO. I realize that mass posting every day brings an increased awareness to Poetry. But, we can only do what we can do, and it may seem obvious to some, but once I gave myself permission to go at my own pace, I may actually finish a NAPOWRIMO...It won’t be 30 poems in 30 days, but it will be 30 poems, based on 30 days of NAPOWRIMO Prompts (or not, ‘cause Poetic License) spread over several months.

I love this prompt and have been trying to make a poem, but it’s been a work in progress.... and I remembered that I have done a poem with this Prompt... As an occasional teacher, Aka. The Sub, this was an assignment the teacher had left for her grade 8 class. So cool! So, we all settled to poetry writing (they were really good kids at a really great school)....

Believe In Youth

i believe in You --
teaching in the world today takes everything we got
it causes so many worries. I wish we weren’t so fraught

slammed in the press for trying to do our best
taking away money, packing the classrooms like sardines
and it seems that no one is learning a thing

AXE fumes and obnoxious attitude ooze
i’m assaulted by curses coming at me, a mere messenger of knowledge --
and, I’d like to think — a harbinger of delight
i try with all my might
it used to be that eyeballs stared at me, they couldn’t wait to see
now, they get all glazey as they peel them from their screens
farther away and harder to reach
thumbs thump and slide, it’s one bumpy ride
machines rule the room, and I must be on a screen
to make my lessons boom
OMG it’s dizzy-making to think of all the changes
Life’s a test, full of stress,
but you’ll burst your seams,
as you follow your dreams.
i wish You all will soar to success.

reaching all the Kids today takes everything you’ve got
a worthy challenge I won’t give up on; I give it my best shot
I believe in You, the future.

(May 24, 2019, reworked/edited 2020)
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Poem #5, NaPoWriMo

4/7/2017

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If mouse becomes mice,
spouse becomes spice, no?
Goose becomes geese
Though mooses are not meeses
Spouses can be spicy
And sometimes even icy
Like scotch on the rocks
and a life of hard knocks.
Alright, friends, it's Friday night,
hope you have a beer or wine
and good times with your spice!

*Co-written with my boss from his email.
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School of Ted...

7/24/2016

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...Ted Talks, that is.

When I feel in need of some guidance, and wouldn't it be great if I could afford professional help? -  but I can't...
so I, like so many others look to Ted Talks for answers - and if you don't, well then you definitely should!

So far, I've learned that I am not just quirky or weird, but I'm 'Multipotentialiate'.  And I am making myself 'Super Better' as I "Live My Legend", and I align my work with my moral compass, or WHY I do what I do...  

​Because I am passionate about the Arts, education, creativity and happiness - yes, happiness - if you aren't happy, then why bother?  Why bother?!.
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While we're on the topic...
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Ted Talks:
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​​Emilie Wapnick
Why some of us don't have one true calling
What do you want to be when you grow up? Well, if you're not sure you want to do just one thing for the rest of your life, you're not alone. In this illuminating talk, writer and artist Emilie Wapnick describes the kind of people she calls "multipotentialites" — who have a range of interests and jobs over one lifetime. Are you one?

Jane McGonigal
The game that can give you 10 extra years of life
When game designer Jane McGonigal found herself bedridden and suicidal following a severe concussion, she had a fascinating idea for how to get better. She dove into the scientific research and created the healing game, SuperBetter. In this moving talk, McGonigal explains how a game can boost resilience — and promises to add 7.5 minutes to your life.

Scott Dinsmore
How to find work you love
Scott Dinsmore quit a job that made him miserable, and spent the next four years wondering how to find work that was joyful and meaningful. He shares what he learned in this deceptively simple talk about finding out what matters to you — and then getting started doing it.

Simon Sinek
How great leaders inspire action
Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership — starting with a golden circle and the question "Why?" His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers ...​
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Curiosity. Creativity. Possibilities.... New ventures on my horizon:)...
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