Month: April 2024

Ars Poetica Day 12

So much of poetry
Is a subjective thing…
Words, emotions,
Metaphors, and swing…

Sometimes catharsis comes
Just from the attempt
To find poetry in the way
Words come out on paper.

Pad challenge Day 11

Memory

By Patricia Harris

It is such a funny thing
That which memory brings,
Sometimes it is just a
Sound, a smell, or a word
That triggers the return…

Other times it is a waterfall
Of sensation washing
Over the overstimulated brain.

Ars Poetica Day 11

How many ways
Can I write about
Poetry?

Holding my heart
Out on my sleeve,
My pen has more
Poetry to bleed.

Pad challenge Day 10

Create Better

By Patricia Harris

When you find
The whole world
Is at a downward spiral,
Create Better,
Make it a place
Where hope can thrive,
Make it a place
That feels alive!

And when you feel naught
Except for doubt,
And your mind is
Full of darkness and clouds,
Create Better,
Teaching yourself
To believe that you have
All that you could ever need.

Ars Poetica Day 10

When is the poem
More form than thought?
Complicated rules
To dictate the way that
Words are written on the page.

The poet’s soul
Should not be limited
By the meter and the rhyme.
Writing poetry is
Freely bleeding on the page,
And choosing rules
Part of the time.

Pad challenge Day 9

Love can still hurt

By Patricia Harris

Just because I love you,
And believe that I do…
That does not mean
Words slung in anger
Will not hurt all the same.

Love is not the salve
That ends all wounds
Nor the fuel that
Launches you
over the moon…

Love can be the tie
That binds if you
Actually want to spend
Trust and time.

*poet’s note: this is the prompt that I usually skip. He does it for every PAD challenge and I don’t normally know what to write. It’s always a Tuesday thing… love or anti love. This time it sparked. So… some of the prompts just hit differently at the right time.

Ars Poetica Day 9

Tears of ink
In poetry form,
Cried until the poet
No longer has tears left
With which to write.

Then what should the poet do?
Pluck out the heart and
Serve it dry?

Pad challenge Day 8

The Birth of a Child

By Patricia Harris

For Mama the birth
Is a major event,
But who is to say
That it’s not a major
event for everyone else?
It is a moment when
The universe celebrates
A definite win.

So, every birthday is
An excellent excuse
For the universe to
Celebrate.

Ars Poetica Day 8

Writing poetry is
Just another art
Pick up the pen
And bleed the
Colors of your heart.

Your soul will be
Painted in your verse,
Clear and consise
In flowing words.

Pad challenge Day 7

Friendship

By Patricia Harris

I cannot explain how lucky
I feel to have you as my friend.
Sometimes, when the world is closing in
You seem to be able to keep it
From squishing me into my own mind.

You cannot seem to see
The darkness that I feel
Except for when you are
Around to light up my life.

Though luck is a empheral thing,
I am so very grateful for the luck
That to my life you have brung.