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National Poetry Month photo thumbnails link to my flickr set for the event.
2012 April 30
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 30
thirty days spent with
my photographic etudes
focused on focus
now you have seen what
I see through my camera eye
poetry in stills
2012 April 29
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 29
twenty-nine days done
with one haiku photo left
I see runway lights
syllable snapshots
chronicle one month traveled
on final approach
2012 April 28
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 28
International Astronomy Day 2012
astronomically
close and yet so far apart
we are wanderers
2012 April 28
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 28
International Astronomy Day 2012
dim stars standing well
away can only aspire
brilliance of Venus
2012 April 28
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 28 - #1
International Astronomy Day 2012
steady pendulum
marks days with shifting shadow
faithful clock watchman
2012 April 27
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 27
she sketches her days
in fluid strokes of what-ifs
art's imitation
2012 April 26
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 26
time ambled past with
expectancy following
I waited for you
2012 April 25
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 25
sophistic resolve
intrepid barker sparks hope
eschewing twilight
2012 April 24
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 24
hands open to bask
in Creator's provisions
nature in worship
2012 April 23
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 23
pity the brave blooms
wilted under scorching flares
adoration scourged
2012 April 22
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 22 - #3
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure - Spokane, WA 2012
bracing she stands set
to wage war in fleet earnest
hope runs determined
2012 April 22
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 22 - #2
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure - Spokane, WA 2012
step by pounding step
battles are fought one by one
resistance en masse
2012 April 22
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 22 - #1
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure - Spokane, WA 2012
to discriminate
this enemy refuses
warriors wear pink
2012 April 21
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 21
back forth they contend
as friendly jabs poke provoke
she is his chess game
2012 April 20
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 20
monster in left field
invites yet taunts friend and foe
Fenway's defiance
In honor of the 100th birthday / anniversary of Fenway Park.
2012 April 19
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 19
word forms familiar
still fall peculiar on ears
lost in translation
2012 April 18
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 18
bygone lustre marred
exposes scarred despondence
an Eden bereft
2012 April 17
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 17
recursive chaos
orders unfurling above
fractal by nature
2012 April 16
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 16
urban drydock locks
abraded vessel away
true purpose adrift
2012 April 15
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 15
acute ear bends to
catch crack of sluggish prey shift
worms caught unaware
2012 April 14
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 14
lights in waterfall
splash narrow midway canyon
sea of joy and fear
2012 April 13
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 13
the lightest breeze would
with ease lean me nearer you
strong affinity
2012 April 12
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 12
lover's words delayed
as sun betrayed by slow clouds
lingering she pines
2012 April 11
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 11
wind spindles dervish
'round catching glints of sun fire
colors set ablaze
2012 April 10
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 10
notoriety
shrouded in ubiquity
just another tag
fleeting exhibit
creativity shouts on
moving museum
colors like Spring blooms
birthed in need for expression
self identity
2012 April 9
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 9
oh that you nested
nearer my home like times past
splendid days aloft
simple wishes coaxed
away by serious things
dreams on faded fence
2012 April 8
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 8 - Easter Sunday #3
heart aspect unveiled
artists compose and forge to
honor risen King
2012 April 8
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 8 - Easter Sunday #2
voices in concert
shout from resonant vessels
songs cascade upward
2012 April 8
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 8 - Easter Sunday #1
humbled masses still
gather to worship savior
praises unending
2012 April 7
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 7 - Holy Saturday
imposing sentry
stone refusing breach conceals
tomorrow's surprise
2012 April 6
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 6 - Good Friday
faithful lose sight of
promise in tragedy's fog
clarity coming
2012 April 5
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 5
relentless darkness
lulls seduces pledging rest
desperation clings
2012 April 4
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 4
brittle light twisted
by prismatic chaos force
shattered shards scatter
2012 April 3
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 3
cast aside to bleed
in daylight as refuse shunned
shadows of the Cross
2012 April 2
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 2
wood and steel constrain
confine declaring freedom
oblivious bliss
2012 April 1
National Poetry Month (NaPoMo) - Day 1
Turbulent wind howls
disrupting Sunday respite
I drink my green tea
Despite my best intentions, it seems I am going to give "National Poetry Month" at least one more try. Last year really sort of tossed me, creatively. Every day seemed like such a monumental effort to compose an interesting photo then still try to come up with a poem to go along with it. I got lots of positive feedback last year. But at the end of it all, I really doubted that I'd want to try that again.
But Sunday, April 1, was cold and windy. So I thought I'd just take a quick photo representing my afternoon activities inside, out of the weather. Almost as soon as I got my camera out, I gave NaPoMo a second thought. I got the photo I wanted, edited it a bit, wrote the haiku, uploaded the set to flickr and tweeted about it. So it's on. Again. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for your interest.