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NaPoWriMo Day 4

April 4, 2021April 4, 2021 Charlotte Hamrick

Unseeable, Unheard Under the bridge river water swallows soil slowly relentlessly dispassionate steel sucks whispers and murmurs voices lost in the lapping of things not forgotten people come and go come and go release their heartbroken runes in the earth stroke sorrowful-eyed faces graffitied on concrete crouch low, be invisible let it all go * Prompt via Napowrimo.net Photo via @SpaceLiminalBot Today’s prompt was to write a poem inspired by an image on Space Liminal Bot. Although this image doesn’t seem to be of a bridge, it reminds me of the space under the bridge over the Mississippi near my … Continue reading NaPoWriMo Day 4

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NaPoWriMo Day 3

April 3, 2021April 3, 2021 Charlotte Hamrick

Warrior He walks the garden path Moss, stone, stream Pauses at the apex of the bridge Fingers his inro its lacquered smoothness Rubs the netsuki thumb a perfect fit between the hare’s ears Stilled in silent contemplation of the turtle’s wisdom * Today I chose the ekphrastic prompt from The Wombwell Rainbow which I discovered via my poetry sister, Merril. Three beautiful artworks were displayed and I chose this drawing of a netsuki by Kerfe Roig, another poetry sister, as my prompt. Continue reading NaPoWriMo Day 3

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Limitless Birth

April 30, 2019 Charlotte Hamrick

a jet cuts across the blue carrying bodies in its metal womb to be delivered somewhere else ***** Napowrimo Day 30 prompt: “I’d like you to try your hand at a minimalist poem. What’s that? Well, a poem that is … Continue reading Limitless Birth

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It’s All This & More

April 28, 2019 Charlotte Hamrick

You ask what is air? It’s the super highway for birds It’s the place where screams echo or fade It’s a flotation device for thrown kisses It’s life itself for life on Earth You ask what is water? It’s a … Continue reading It’s All This & More

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Raw Boned

April 26, 2019 Charlotte Hamrick

I felt raw-boned & rusted Dragging my hands in pockets full of scared Pockets full of scared & Walking a road rutted with wanting to get out I was wanting to get out That red dirt prison, that green-treed mess A … Continue reading Raw Boned

Found Poetry, My Poetry, NaPoWriMo 20199 Comments

Beautiful Misfit

April 24, 2019 Charlotte Hamrick

Pass through the skin of the chrysalis, emerge pumped into Earth, a mythological creature with a body blooded on sunlight, a body called more, and wings perched perpendicular from bathing in more heat than color. ***** Napowrimo Day 24 prompt: … Continue reading Beautiful Misfit

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Weightless

April 22, 2019April 23, 2019 Charlotte Hamrick

Feet bound to earth one day, soaring through space the next, turning a page from past to future and skipping everything in between. Weightless above mountain tops, above savannas spread below rich with movement, the khaki and green of the … Continue reading Weightless

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Tea with Bob

April 21, 2019April 21, 2019 Charlotte Hamrick

Bob lived in a castle in the clouds, when he was home the clouds tinkled like zills on a bellydancers fingers, when he was out the clouds did the Hustle because Bob forbade it when he was home. Bob had … Continue reading Tea with Bob

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Grief in Repose

April 18, 2019 Charlotte Hamrick

My eyes are dry now Still, my heart flows river-like To a sea of tears ***** Napowrimo Day 18 prompt: “Today, I’d like to challenge you to write an elegy of your own, one in which the abstraction of sadness is … Continue reading Grief in Repose

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Selene

April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 Charlotte Hamrick

When night falls on Earth, millions of eyes turn to me, bask in my brilliance. Lovers together kiss in my light or, separate, look on my face, stifle their howls. Poets write verse upon verse in fascination, never wanting for … Continue reading Selene

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