This was a project I did basically during the pandemic. I started writing a poem a day. Once ‘real life’ started again it got harder to write everyday, which is interesting.
I have started to edit some of these mostly the kids poetry. I think there might be enough here for a book. We shall see.
I make no claim that much of this is “good” poetry. But I do make the claim that I loved doing it and I learned something and some of it makes me cry.
a good poem
a good poem
a pond
plain beautiful words
floating
the moon
arranging light
perfectly
conjuring
this moment
my poems
want to run
in the sun
for some fun
get her done!
fling some mud
hear the thud
ain’t no dud!
a good poem
sand (3)
We went to the beach
I was afraid of the water
and Dad bought me ice cream
We made sand castles
We went to the beach
I didn’t really want to drink
but everyone else was
Someone made a bonfire in the sand
We went to the beach
He had a blanket
and we had a picnic
I tried not to get sand in my hair
We went to the beach
I slathered everyone in sunscreen
and reapplied it every hour
The sand was everywhere
We went to the beach
I tried to hold his hand
but he pulled away
The wind made the sand feel like bullets
I went to the beach
I sat on a bench
and looked out at the water
The sand slipped through my fingers