NaPM April 1 2014

[ellajam]

April Allergy

I must be mistaken, thought spring was the season
for growth and renewal. It's not a good reason
to dwell on the dry thorny branch of desires
long dead when instead we could light some new fires.
Though we're all fools for love moving on is not treason,
please dig for another emotion to seize on;
if I read one more poem of lost loves in past lives
what is now just an itch will become full-blown hives.


, okay, now that that's off my mind I'll think on it again.

This was clever and fun. I like what you did with the rhymes. There were a couple patches where the meter caught me but it was a smooth read overall.

Thanks for posting.

ha, I thought of you when I doubled on dry thorny.

I know, I still make the meter work right in my head, it's hard for me to identify the spots that are off. Practice, I guess.

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Viral

When the bucket refused to tilt
and came crashing down instead,
and knocked the little lady dead,
there were some doubts as to our ploy,
suggestions for revisions voiced,
and there appeared inside our heads
a minor sense of guilt.

But now we've upped it to our 'Space,
and people whom we've never met
expressed their joy all o'er the Web,
we cannot help but feeling proud
that, though our parents might find out,
we chose to be both strong and brave, and left
the world a happier place.

Great to see you posting again.