Day One #NaPoWriMo2019 Poem Two
By Alex McGehee
Tweet, tweet. Is it an April fools joke,
A whole global month dedicated to poetry?
Fool me freely if it be so,
I would rather be a fool writing poetry
Than any thing less foolish that excluded poetry.
How to?
Write a poem a day,
Bring a friend,
Or a stranger on the street,
The information highway of the internet.
A poem each day, and what is a poem,
But words which you feel
Are beautiful
Beautiful words.
Day One #NaPoWriMo2019 Poem One
By Alex McGehee
Wow! This is a lot of garbage! So many left overs!
I’m like a giant project bear-osaurous-ragon
that leaves heaps of flesh and bones
as it tears through its kidnapped plunder persons,
feasting as it wishes by its whims,
with no thought to waste,
or scarcity of resource.
I am a horder,
a monster,
a project whore
of waste and squalor.
Prolific,
In excess.
I am currently participating with my wife Maia in National Poetry Writing Month 2019 (#NaPoWriMo)! Our goal is to each write (at minimum) 30 poems before May 1, 2019. You can read our poems as we post them all month on our blog, https://thequestforenlightenment.com. You can also find out more information on how to participate in NaPoWriMo and join in the poetry writing challenge yourself on the official NaPoWriMo site, http://www.napowrimo.net. They post new challanges and poems to inspire you to write all month long!
We are tweeting about #NaPoWriMo and #CampNaNoWriMo over on twitter @McGehee_Alex and @Meruda_Maia. We are always looking for other creatives to give a shout-out to, and to talk with! If you love being creative then get over to @McGehee_Alex and @Meruda_Maia on twitter and tell me what you are writing about at the moment!
It is never too late in the month to start #NaPoWriMo or #CampNaNoWriMo! I have started projects with just a few days left, so if you think poetry might be fun, definitely head over to http://www.napowrimo.net for the day’s (optional but always helpful) poetry prompt and dive right in! Then head over to @McGehee_Alex on twitter and link me to your poem–I’d love to read it and re-tweet you!
Finally, if you like what we do, support us with coffee over at Ko-fi.com/alexmcgehee136! “Coffee” is how the ko-fi site refers to a $3 donation, the concept being you can support your favorite creative individuals by making the donation the price of a cup of coffee. For each coffee we get, we will personally thank you on our blog, https://thequestforenlightenment.com, for fueling our work! If we get more than two coffees in a single day, we will keep writing poems until we have written a poem and a personal thank you for each coffee we have gotten.
May you have the peace and strength to flourish and shine your full radiant creative light today. May all whom you meet see you as the irreplaceable, lovable, deserving of sincere respect and loyalty person that you are. May you be seen and valued by all whom encounter you. You are beautiful, my friend, and the world shines brighter for all that you think, say, do, and are.
-Alex
Thanks for joining me!
Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
