NaPM April 28 2015

[Erthona]

Carnival

Sun sinking below horizon,
still it shoots out a bolt of light
that blinds me while riding
in the back of a
1963,
light blue
metallic  
Chevy
Impala
Streaking down the road to the next town over
where there is a carnival.
I'm so excited I can't hold it.
I tap my mother's shoulder to let her know.
My dad pulls the car over and takes me
up the hill
over the fence  
behind the trees,
where it's
Zip
down
out
pee,
then in
upward
Zip
button up.
Out from the trees
over the fence
down the hill
into the car
off to the carnival!  

Erthona


©2015

[milo]

I went through some of the old prompts thinking of catching up on some I missed but decided to write a list poem about the ones ellajam missed instead!!



A List of Poems that Ellajam Didn't Write


I thought it best if we could set things right
(and not to say that someone's acting bad)
by listing poems that ella didn't write.

On day 16, the topic on this site
was wanting something that you never had -
I thought it best. If we could set things right

 the 17th, but ella didn't bite.
The cruelty of nature? Just a fad
on the list of poems. That ella didn't write

of going on a trip, perhaps too trite
and so the 18th of the month was sad.
I thought it best if we could set things right


but she finds "story poems" much too light - 
is it my list of prompts that makes her mad
or this list of poems that ella didnt write?

Now, with 2 days down, I think she might
the 28th - a list? - she cries Jihad!
I thought it best if we could set things right
by listing poems that ella didn't write.

[billy]

he knows who you are, the copper told him. he's mid 18th century [the rat] the copper is mid 80's. i paid $6 for him from a carboot sale, he's worth about $1500 intrinsically. sentimentally he's priceless, he's called Euripides 

All my life I have felt unfulfilled, like there was some missing piece

in the cardboard puzzle of my life.

Well, there it is: "a small bronze rat with dirty look.".



"Treen" Who knew? Not I.  Thank the gods for Google.

[rayheinrich]

Wow! Thanks for the picture. 'Euripides' is a proper name for a mid-18th-century rat.

[ellajam]

I went through some of the old prompts thinking of catching up on some I missed but decided to write a list poem about the ones ellajam missed instead!!



A List of Poems that Ellajam Didn't Write


I thought it best if we could set things right
(and not to say that someone's acting bad)
by listing poems that ella didn't write.

On day 16, the topic on this site
was wanting something that you never had -
I thought it best. If we could set things right

 the 17th, but ella didn't bite.
The cruelty of nature? Just a fad
on the list of poems. That ella didn't write

of going on a trip, perhaps too trite
and so the 18th of the month was sad.
I thought it best if we could set things right


but she finds "story poems" much too light - 
is it my list of prompts that makes her mad
or this list of poems that ella didnt write?

Now, with 2 days down, I think she might
the 28th - a list? - she cries Jihad!
I thought it best if we could set things right
by listing poems that ella didn't write.

It's not the prompts, it's meeee. The trip is almost done.
But good job drawing the attention away from how many you missed.

[Keith]

Goodbye 'T' Jane

Blockbuster Hellraiser Ballroom blitz
Double deckers banana splits
The cat crept in tiger feet
The tomorrow people
All the young dudes
catch that pigeon