OctPoWriMo: Day18

I am having a hard time lately. It not just 2020 is a bad year, it's that I am having a hard time. This prompt resonates with me so much. When I need to unwind after work, had a terrible day, or if I am sad I turn towards meditation. Getting into a state of detachment, that's what I like. I can get there by listening to music, but meditation is the best way.

The act of letting go, relaxing, or process requires a few things for me: breathing and something to channel the energy. I am not  sure where I am going with this, but writing can be a type of meditation. Today it is appropriate that the prompt focusing on relaxing. It is getting me a chance to unwind and focus. Also there is breathing.

Prompt: Breathe and Process / Poetic Form: Diatelle

The Process 

Breath

Breathing

I can breath,

don't ask me to

stop, I cannot even...

Breath goes in, that is all I can 

feel right now, breathing in and breathing out.

There is only me and my intake of air and

the moment where there is no breath moving.

Continuing inward and then what?

The next step I suppose,

outwards rushing,

cold then warm,

Breathing

Breath

I did not rhyme in this form. My heart has not been in it, but I wanted to try something new and be hindered by rhyme, which has eluded me since OctPoWriMo started. I am pleased with the outcome. What do you think, Dear Readers? Leave me a comment below...

OctPoWriMo Day 15: The Halfway Home Stretch

I tried something different. Tried writing this morning. I wasn't going to try the suggest writing form. Not because I didn't want to, but because I just wanted to write. Alas, or maybe fortunately I opted to start writing a diatelle. At a rather structured form with strict meter, I was thinking a bit over my head. But I had to try it. After all that's what these prompts are for, right?

I usually will pick the words, quotes, pictures, and/or poetic forms that pique my curiosity and inspire me. Even when I don't really feel like pushing myself, I will often try something new, especially if it is a new form. Today's prompt was (at first one) one that I was thinking of going my own way on. I wasn't super inspired when I sat down to write this morning, even after I started writing using the prompt words, I felt lost. so, I went to the day job and throughout the morning I filled in the blank. It is certainly not exactly like the prompt suggested, but I am rather pleased.

Thinking also, as I am submitting some of these poems, that revision is not a back thing. A few of my earlier poem from the month got tweaked a bit. Do you, Dear Readers (and Writers of Poetry) revise your poems? I used to revise A LOT of my high school and early college poetry; and besides grammatical and spelling errors my poems don't change much. I was wondering if i should consider revising my poems, maybe 1 or 2 days after they are written. Some feel right and I don't to change them, but there are always a few that I wonder about. Input?

Writing Prompt: What comes to mind for you when you hear the word halfway? 

Word Prompts: Love, Halfway, Stuck, Middle

Poetry Form: Diatelle
      Rhyme Scheme: a,b,b,c,b,c,c,a,c,c,b,c,b,b,a             Meter Scheme: 1/2/3/4/6/8/10/12/10/8/6/4/3/2/1

Love's Master

Love.

Unseen.

You will glean

Only after

You accept having been

Once halfway across to anger.

Where you were stuck firmly within darker--

The emotions that lay rooted hereandabove,

A shining beacon in the void. Stronger

than deepest dreams often figure.

Still it shines glowing green,

Hardly fainter.

The Middle Queen

Quite keen

Of...

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