Tinker Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Write a poem a day for the month of April.  You can add your poems to this thread, create your own thread or you can post in Member Poetry or Overflow. You are welcome to add comments to any poems you find in this thread. Happy writing! 💻 ~~Tink Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 April 1   Apothecary white and blue pill box lids snap closed click open sort and store prescribed medications each day palmed, swallowed routine warnings glossed until . . . .      ~~Judi Van Gorder"Notes:" Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 April 1 #21 nine hours alone in the car with my kitty I drive, she sleeps         ~~jvg Prompt:  road trip ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Those cretins who think only in black and white, will miss the kaleidoscope of color in plain sight.    ~~Judi Van Gorder Prompt 24 syllables cretin Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 April 2Forest Symphony From the forest, a birdsong aria. Descant strain above melodic notes, confection of sounds.    ~~ Judi Van Gorder Notes: ▼ Combining 2 challenges at WCD 5 Lines 24 syllables Prompt - confection April 2 24 Syllables Challenge WCD Prompt - birdsong April 2 April Poem A Day Challenge @ WCD Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 April 2Breath of Hope When you're beaten remember to breathe, in-out out-in. As long as there's life there is promise.             ~~jvg Notes: ▼ 6 Lines For "Form of the week: The Hautt" Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 3, 2019 Author Share Posted April 3, 2019 April 3ChallengeAspire to writea poem a day.Keep the words tightand just type away,rhyming into the night.     ~~Judi Van GorderNotes: ▼ Prompt - aspire A poem in 24 syllables I also wrote Wednesday Walk Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 3, 2019 Author Share Posted April 3, 2019 April 3 This is crazy, I learned after committing to 3 forums promoting a Poem a Day that two of the forums have "prompts" for each day. So I'm writing not one poem a day but three. Backyard Poet He called himself     a backyard poet, and wrote of his pug playing below a gnarled old oak that housed chortling Kingbirds and scampering squirrels. This was his place where hundreds of pages     were filled with his heart and his mind. His place where friends were welcomed for barbeque     and he and Myrtle would sit silently to watch the sunset. Then Katrina came to call,     and his pen was silenced.              ~~Judi Van Gorder Prompt - "place" Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 4, 2019 Author Share Posted April 4, 2019 April 4 Pull Cravings grasp at mind and body, for a succulent peach, a loved one's touch, the pull is palpable.           ~~jvg Notes: ▼ 24 syllable challenge Prompt: crave Also wrote Sleepless in Occidental Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 April 5Flight of the MindIn sleepwe leave this worldand travel with our mind.Creating images of light and night in dreams. The flightencounters fearsand tears and joys in kind,engaging fantasyand truth, all onein dreams.     ~~ Judi Van Gorder Prompt: "dreams" Verse Form:  Cyclus Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 April 5 Doomed The austere edict allows no wiggle room for pardon or compromise. and now the gallows loom.             ~~jvg Promp: austere. 24 syllable challenge Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 6, 2019 Author Share Posted April 6, 2019 April 6Rosy Buttons The ethereal bloom on her cheeks, rosy buttons only babies can wear, jiggles when she laughs.               ~~jvg Two different challenges: 24 syllable challenge Prompt: ethereal Prompt: bloom Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 Apri 7 Unfettered The vagabond’s trail winds without destination. I’d love to hike unfettered by expectation.             ~~ jvg “Notes:" 24 Syllables Prompt: vagabond Prompt: hike Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 April 8 CelestialMeandering through the galaxy,floating past celestial bodies,waking within your arms.          ~~jvg Prompt: meander Prompt: celestial body Once again combining 2 challenges into one because limited time. It's tax time and my accountant wanted my stuff a week ago. Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 April 9 It’s My Birthday  The hoards of birthday wishesI received this Spring morning,I greet with virtual hugs and kisses.            ~~ Judi Van Gorder Prompt: hoard Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 April 10 I know this is lame but I'm working on my taxes and it is all I have left in the tank.FoundJust north of hereis a gem worth the find,Eureka, the city by the bayit's one of a kind.          ~~jvgNotes: ▼ 24 syllables Prompt: Eureka Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 April 11, Life got in the way. No poem. April 12, I wrote haiku #23 April 13HearthSnugcomfort,warm,soothingnear the hearth.Containedfiregives heatto my bonesand calms chatterof my limbs.Slowlywithpurposeunawareof needorconstantcare.~~jvg Verse Form:  Waltz Wave Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019  April 14 Palm SundayReturn to Jerusalem A borrowed burro and palm padded road, triumphal entrance     to city in turmoil. A humble Hosanna,     Blessed is He.      ~~Judi Van Gorder An alternative, Return to JerusalemTriumph to tempest,on a borrowed burrothrough palm padded streets,He enteredto veiled Hosannas.          ~~jvg.Notes: ▼ 24 syllables Prompt: tempest Matthew 21:10 "When He entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil"     Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 April 15  Weeds in My Garden April 16Waking Last night's rain has ended, the fire has gone out and the chill of the morning sinks deep to my bones. The hum of the fridge interrupts the silence joined by Molly's soft meows begging for attention. My day begins.        ~~Judi Van Gorder  Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 April 17 From the East Visions of a dessert oasis, snarky camel bellows, dark-eyed bedouins, direct my pen.                   ~~ jvg Prompt: oasis Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 April 18The MaleconLa Paz twilightswe walked the Malecon,esplanade along the Gulf shore.Oh, to stroll there once more.     ~~~Judi Van Gorder 24 Syllables Prompt: esplanade Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 April 19  Good Friday Yellow Star    also    Golgotha . Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 April 20  #25  all day long  TV show drones  binge watching series           ~~jvg Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 April 21   Whacking Away Today, tall grass,standing sentinel to the earthabruptly mowed downby my trusty weed-whacker.          ~~jvgNotes: ▼ Prompt: sentinel 24 syllable challenge. Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 April 23Inside Cat It is sounds almost as if she's weeping, the squeaky little meows of her plea to be released into the big out of doors. Spring beckons, but it can't be this morning, and she doesn't understand. She will be sequestered one more day inside. Tomorrow's freedom will be her reward.    ~~Judi Van Gorder Prompt: weeping Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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