Friday, April 30, 2010

napowrimo # 30, thanks for all the prompts and goodbye!

Free write today. After 29 prompts, I was actually stymied. Whatever shall I write about?



Lessons Learned from NaPoWriMo


Procrastination is futile.

Also learned
I don’t need to be in my favorite place
using my favorite pen and journal
my favorite music in the background
with a glass of my favorite merlot,
I can write without a comfy setting,
under the strangest of conditions.

Spontaneity often counts more
than relentless effort .

Though poetry darts by on gauzy wings,
often missed in so much noise,
I learned the silence needed
comes from within.

Thank you ReadWritePoem
for the challenges,
for the good community of poets,
and for much, much more.
It's been extraordinary.

                         Wanda McCollar

7 comments:

  1. I agree with everything you say in this poem, Wanda. Some of my best poems have been written in the loo.

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  2. Good lessons all around, and excellently put. ^_^ Keep in touch!

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  3. Yes it has been a learning curve and a lot of fun.
    I hope we keep in touch. Keep well and good
    poeming!

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  4. of course a comfy chair
    and glass of wine
    are their own rewards =)

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  5. Wanda,
    Wow how nice for the last poem. Let's do keep in touch.
    Pamela
    p.s. love a good glass of merlot

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  6. Hey Wanda
    You probably won't see this comment. I noticed that in the past you were on my blog. What we have in common: older ladies diagnosed with breast cancer in late 2008 and we both know the meaning of syndecoche.
    See http://suzannekesten2.blogspot.com/search?q=synecdoche

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