Pad challenge Day 4

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2024-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-4

(in case of visual issues the poem reads)

courage is not just
the rushing in recklessly,
occasionally courage is
knowing that I have
lost my nerve
and then stepping
forward anyway.

I will make sure
I am always taking
the forward step,
Even though I don’t know
I will always have the nerve
to back up my move.

Ars poetica November 4

Poetry

Inspiration does not come easily
Especially when trying to write poetry.
Sometimes the art is but a whisper
forgotten to the land of dreams,
others it is not as good as once it seemed.

Every time you pick up your pen
the dance of poetry starts again.
It bleeds into all prose you write
Often stuck in your brain
much like a parasite.

Pad challenge Day 3

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2024-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-3

Ars poetica November 3

Poetry

the pen is heavy
when the poetry hurts

all the words cut
like you carve them
into your skin.

Poetry is but simply
emotions given form.

Pad challenge Day 2

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2024-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-2

Ars poetica November 2

Poetry

As the ink dries I see
the definition of who I am
in the poetry.

Though I have written
many a line and verse,
I have not found anything
like poetry that can hurt.

P.A.D Day One

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2024-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-1

Ars Poetica Returns

Poetry
I don’t know if you remember, but in April I was posting daily from a poetry volume about poetry. I am going to be returning to that as one of the PAD challenges. I will be Posting it directly to the blog. Here’s today’s poem.

How strange it feels
to pick up the pen,
with the intent to write.
As if I could peel away my skin
and let poetry see the light.

Exposure of the soul
in a way that few would
understand,
leaving my pen sitting limp
suddenly in my once so eager hands.

I feel like it should not stop me
the idea that I might be misunderstood,
instead I will let flower the words
and see if I can find the art within.

Wednesday whisper

Poetry

If I paint myself

By

Serena Mossgraves

Would you love me
if I paint myself
to resemble the child
you wanted me to be?
plucking away each
of my differences
making sure I was just
the one you planned me to be ?

The paint is peeling,
perfection an illusion,
not reality…
I cannot make myself
fit the dream of who I should be.

If I paint myself to fit the world
I lose the colors I was given at my birth,
And darkness settles in…
smothering my mirth.

Monday Poetry

Poetry

The Lore of me

By

Patricia Harris

I tried to write
the lore of me,
telling the world the truth
of my forgotten reality.

Perhaps it was written
in script too dark to read…
or maybe I wrote it carelessly
because no one sees me
honestly.