I was born with my first and second names
and my first last name
gifted from my mother and father
my second and third last names
were borrowed from men
the third last name I kept
because it is pretty
Where did you get that name?
Did you choose it yourself?
If you don't know, Napowrimo is National Poetry Writing Month. The object is to write a poem a day for the entire month of April. I did this in 2016 and swore I would never do it again. Too hard. Too stressful. Well, guess what? I am doing it again. I have come to know that this is not about writing finished poems. It is about generating new material. Drafting possibilities. And so, here I go, off into the wild unknown. Most of what I write will likely be absolute crap. But, somewhere in that heap of crap will be the seeds of some really nice things. I will not link each new adventure to facebook or twitter, but please, drop in here to my website from time to time to see what's new. I hope some of you will join in this poetic adventure.
Peace, love, and poetry.
First, live
live live live live live
Be kind
think
do
move
Be afraid but do it anyway
learn
teach
question
make mistakes
Let your heart get broken
go balls to the wall with your hair on fire
or lay gently with the universe reclining in your hair
No matter how long or short
you occupy this Earth
Dying well
comes from living well