NAPOWRIMO 2011 April 16 & 17, 2011

April 16, 2011

The Obligatory Poetry Month Limerick

The writers of poetry know
that a limerick's the wrong way to go
if expecting to meet
the "poetry elite"
serious sonnets are more apropos.

(c)Noreen Braman

April 17, 2011

At the Writing Desk

Cleaning the keyboard helps me think
enough dog hair to knit a new dog
and crumbs of unrecognizable origin.
The dust on the screen may actually be
remains of the wall spackling from last spring
still swirling in invisible streams
each time the forced air heat comes on.
Three pens that don't write
a photo printer out of ink -
stuff I only notice
when I run out of words.

(c)2011 Noreen Braman

National Poetry Month 2011 NAPOWRIMO April 15

Family Time

The wives tales were right they grew up in blink
toddlers to adults with no time to think
how time would rush by while they burst into bloom
how my heart would expand to give them more room
to grow their own lives and stretch their own wings
as we experience together all that life brings.

(c)2011 Noreen Braman

National Poetry Month 2011 NAPOWRIMO April 14

Wrong Number Roulette

Months now, answering calls
meant for a vote-in TV show
playing nationwide all hours of the day
they won't change their newly-minted number
we won't change our years-of-tradition number
one digit differentiates the two.
I don't ask for whom the phone rings
every time the hot line lights up
i worry about a real client
trying to get through
and hearing me not listening
but just saying
"sorry, wrong number."

(c)2011 Noreen Braman

National Poetry Month 2011 NAPOWRIMO April 13

Left in the Dust

distance brings perspective
measurement on a grander scale
but the grit in my eye still hurts
no matter how far the horizon retreats
or the growing darkness depletes the view.
best to turn around and face the unfamiliar
as night rotates slowly to dawn
illuminating a path of possibilities.

(c)2011 Noreen Braman

National Poetry Month 2011 NAPOWRIMO April 12

Anniversary

No flowers in the church
all the statues draped in purple
no music, a silent procession.
a Lenten wedding frowned on
but Korea was calling the Marine
his new bride to keep house alone.

(c)2011 Noreen Braman

National Poetry Month 2011 NAPOWRIMO April 10 & 11

4-10-11
 Sunday Night

Weekend over
staying up too late
sleep brings the rush hour

4-11-10
Monday Morning

email is offline
Friday's problems still remain
quitting time comes quickly

(c)2011 Noreen Braman

NaPoWriMo April 9, 2011

Unpunctuated

Each year
I fill a space
with poems
words hit the page
like April rain
hoping to nourish
a seed of
beauty

(c)2011 Noreen Braman