PAD Part 1 [POETRY]

We have reached the halfway point of Poetry Month. I decided to take on the Writer’s Digest Poem A Day Challenge again. Of course, I finally got around to it when I was recovering from a 24 hour stomach bug yesterday, so these might not all be my best work, so read responsibly and forgivingly:

Day 1: Would Foolish Do?

Would you run through thorns in bare feet?

Would you let a grizzly share your seat ?

Would you ask your sofa to be your bride?

Would you expect a veil to be a place to hide? 

Would you seek wisdom in a book of jokes?

Would you hear riddles in bicycle spokes?

Would you ride a unicycle into the stars?

Would you seek Venusians on Mars?

Would you be so foolish and forget to laugh

When you realize your own gaff?

Day 2: Zombie Zen

Rotten flesh falling from barren bones

Only sounds are guttural moans

Though they lumber slow 

All who watch secretly know

The undead hoards will catch the hero

But how? For clues, we have zero

Will she falter? Will she fall?

Will he die to answer her call?

Will one find strength to say, “Brains?”

Will the end be what explains

How swift of foot falls to undead shuffle?

Lean back, watch, have another truffle

Day 3: Reconnecting

Three hundred miles are no disguise

For love still blooming in your eyes

Yet a distance of merely feet

Brings complacency and defeat

To love still smoldering in a weary heart

So what kindling can restart 

And bring connection once more to two

Who such strength of love once knew

Day 4: Dreams Versus Reality

In dreams, we fly on our own wings

But reality requires aid of metal things

In dreams, all hopes are realized

But reality causes them to be anesthetized 

In dreams, we see our deepest desires

That reality hides under other fires

In dreams, we admit to knowing

What we hide when the sun is glowing

In dreams, we see wishes we feel

May never be brought into the real

Day 5: Child in My Shoe

The child in my shoe

Never quite knew

The footsteps she chose

But followed her nose

And stepped inside

Hoping to hide

From what is to come

Though she loves some

Of what time brings

And so she sings

This child in my shoe

Who aspires to do

All she must, to be

The child who becomes me

Day 6: Earth

The earth rising up to meet your nose

As you dig the ground with your toes

Loosening the soil to plant anew

From bounty that last year grew

But this rich scent serves to remind

Of the growth and nutrients the seed shall find

As its roots seek deeper, leaves reach for sky

And spring earth cannot deny

That growth shall come, plants arise

Bringing beauty soon to our eyes

Day 7: Short Stuff

Tiny dreams of hobbit feet

Are often played on repeat

Day 8: Alike But Different

Bow to the archer’s bow

As striped bass leaves water 

To play bass in the show

And drawing close to the otter 

They bring the song to a close 

To take the lead in finding lead

And if they wound their nose

The wound clock brings them from bed

In time to see the last flying bat

Find home before Babe’s at bat

And then in seeking something novel

They find the plot for their novel

Day 9: Numbering Time

One is how most enter this life

Two is when man takes a wife

Three is a child to make family

Four is sometimes meant to be

Five brings thoughts of golden rings

Six is half a dozen things

Seven is accused of eating nine

Eight is a favorite of mine

Nine lives keep cats curious

Ten never makes anyone furious

Day 10: How to Lose A Light

Want darkness to reign

Want an infinite night of pain

Then snuff out the candle glowing bright

Turn off the switch to extinguish light

Take out the batteries and you will see

How to sink into darkness easily

But when light is needed anew

Who will light that lamp for you?

Day 11: Peace

People seek what they cannot find

Each time they seek someone’s mind

And cast aside what really matters

Craving that which flatters

Even when their desire is simply defined

Day 12: Make a Noise

Bing, bang, boom, drumbeats of doom

But if we quiet down the room

A soft tip or tap brings a softer feel

But what if we make a deal

With the soft strumming of strings

Or the peal of a bell that rings

Out to invite us to praise

Every sound has an emotion to raise

But the joy found in the right combination

Brings music to our celebration 

Day 13: Forgiveness

Forgive yourself for imperfection

Step away from past indiscretion

Hold your head high and become you

Better than that sinner you knew

Through faith and love make whole

One whose grace, sin once stole

Forgive another for harm once done

Their true judge, only one

And if they bring harm once more

Then perhaps close the door

But wish them well, pray for peace

And you too shall find forgiveness’s release

Day 14: Something Different

Though different, we can be one

We can agree on this but not that

We can be better by returning

To our youthful abilities 

When all we saw were friends to us

So put someone else first for a change

Make the world different, better indeed

Become the better you and bring a friend

Into a world made better than we found it

Day 15: Dark Follower

Chasing wherever I go

You stay close at my heels

Stretching as far as you can go

To touch church bell peals

Or squishing close to my feet

So I almost forget you are there 

But every day, we must repeat

This singular life we share