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NaPoWriMo & Something Small, Every day: Why I am Not a Piece of Cake

Charlotte Hamrick

Why I am Not a Piece of Cakewaiting to be eaten,sitting on a delicate plateringed in roses while the tea steeps.I could never be so obedient, resigned to sliding down someone’s throat after frosting and sponge were gnashed and tumbled by teeth and tongue.I do not like dark, moist placesthat bypass the heart and stomachsare full of acid – I refuse to land there!In fact, I’d only agree to be a lemon cakeimmortalized by Wayne Thiebaud’s arttall, proud, yellower than the sunon a July day and so tart as to turn away the tongue and shrivel the teeth,nothing like a … Continue reading NaPoWriMo & Something Small, Every day: Why I am Not a Piece of Cake

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NaPoWriMo & Something Small, Every day: Cessation Summary

Charlotte Hamrick

Cessation Summary the girl began scraping offdistressclawing it with bare fingerssteelbladeblood combinedvia passage light travelsleapsbounceseyes praise honeythis coat so privateamplifiedto rise above Off prompt today. Erasure poem created from the essay “New Technologies of Reading” by Angela Woodward in 2017 Pushcart Prize XLI anthology. My “Something Small, Every Day (or so)” series is inspired by Austin Kleon’s piece here where he says, “Building a body of work (or a life) is all about the slow accumulation of a day’s worth of effort over time.” Continue reading NaPoWriMo & Something Small, Every day: Cessation Summary

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NaPoWriMo & Something Small, Every Day: All Summer Long

Charlotte Hamrick

Artwork by Jenn Zed via The Wombwell Rainbow All Summer Long Breaking the surface, we jettisonedourselves toward the skyBodies bound in summer’s long kissincandescent droplets falling fringefrom our sun bleached curlssliding smooth like your hand in mine down curves and angles to slip backin the gentle waves rippling out and out and outthrough generations of fallow fleshthat loved in this lake before usEach second lasting a lifetimeSo kindSo cruelSummer lovers still floating through timeand memory* I’m following several websites for poem prompts and decided on this artwork from The Wombwell Rainbow for inspiration today. I love the image and it … Continue reading NaPoWriMo & Something Small, Every Day: All Summer Long

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NaPoWriMo & Something Small, Every Day: You Have a Right to be Here

Charlotte Hamrick

You Have a Right to be HereWhen fires burnWhen streets are blocked by bodiesWhen universities ignore walls of hateWhen toxic voices call for deathI write of the sky, of the earth, of the seahow they persevere, how one needs the otherI write of cooperation, of empathyhow we are all human beings doing the best we canhow we can learn from each otherthrough communication & open mindsI retreat to poetryreading & writing what connects usrejecting what divides usThere’s too much hate in the world right nowI won’t participate, I won’t be influenced I’ll read & write poetryof humanness & leave harsh … Continue reading NaPoWriMo & Something Small, Every Day: You Have a Right to be Here

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NaPoWriMo & Something Small, Every Day: The Ghost of the Future You are Frightened of

Charlotte Hamrick

The Ghost of the Future You are Frightened ofButt lower than knees, she satin a peeling adirondack chair on her new Granny’s porch having recently been spirited away from everything she knew and remembered.A mountain hovered before her,above the town,a single hulk reaching for sky, looking as lonely as she but,all these years later, she wondersif it only existed within her mindand the kidnappery of her childhood. Today’s poem written to today’s prompt from NaPoWriMo.net. I tried to use all the elements suggested including this artwork by Georgia O’Keefe, a lyric from this song by Stevie Nicks, and using a … Continue reading NaPoWriMo & Something Small, Every Day: The Ghost of the Future You are Frightened of

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NaPoWriMo & Something Small Every Day: Runaway Money

Charlotte Hamrick

Runaway MoneyIn her suitcase, a secretIt simmersin this just-in-case journeydown a dusty gravel road after the last straw was tornadoed away with constant interruptions & missing the point was thrown at her with mindless powerSeven miles worth of bubbling plans& blisters is worth every painfulstep even if her destination is a dump -She can clean she can rub everything shiny, new, & free It’s been a few years since I participated in NaPoWriMo so I thought I’d combine it with my Something Small, Every Day practice. Like my practice, it probably won’t be every day but we’ll see. I began … Continue reading NaPoWriMo & Something Small Every Day: Runaway Money

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Something Small, Every Day (or so): Poet

Charlotte Hamrick

Poetintimacy of atomsbooks and paperslettersyellow paperaid feelingsworking behind objects andtrouble perspectiveI – amateurin a windowless officecan never be knownas something morethan a slippageassembled My “Something Small, Every Day (or so)” series is inspired by Austin Kleon’s piece here where he says, “Building a body of work (or a life) is all about the slow accumulation of a day’s worth of effort over time.” Continue reading Something Small, Every Day (or so): Poet

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Something Small, Every Day (or so): Spring Soak

Charlotte Hamrick

Spring Soakbirds breeze overhappy wanderbetween root and tendrilspirited song thickly moistgreen and freshseeding a sanctuaryfor a long sweet spring Spring is here and bees are buzzin’. I am here for it! Poem created via the Magnetic Poetry Kit online. My “Something Small, Every Day (or so)” series is inspired by Austin Kleon’s piece here where he says, “Building a body of work (or a life) is all about the slow accumulation of a day’s worth of effort over time.” Continue reading Something Small, Every Day (or so): Spring Soak

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Something Small, Every Day (or so): In the Midnight Hour

Charlotte Hamrick

In the Midnight Houra thousand recallstonguemoanwhispershadow sleeping stormscry hot man-made howls Today I used the Magnetic Poetry Kit online for inspiration. But instead of scrolling through different pages of words, I chose all my words from the first word page presented. It came out a bit on the dark side. My “Something Small, Every Day (or so)” series is inspired by Austin Kleon’s piece here where he says, “Building a body of work (or a life) is all about the slow accumulation of a day’s worth of effort over time.” Continue reading Something Small, Every Day (or so): In the Midnight Hour