Apr
01

I See it Now

You and I
fatefully met on
a foggy day in London town.
In the whirlwind
of learning you
in that intoxicating,
amorous, magical place
for the short time we shared there,
I inhaled, ingested every
action, word, nuance of you
and I was
feeling good.

Now today
I’ve got you under my skin.
So I never noticed
until our scant exchanges
since then forced me to do so
that you
never did the same thing:
Sadly,
you don’t know me.

© 2010 Shari Lynne Smothers

This poem is for the napowrimo prompt #1, shuffle a poem. Visit the post to see the details of this prompt. My song titles are from Michael Bublé:

  1. You and I
  2. A Foggy Day in London Town
  3. I’ve Got You Under My Skin
  4. Feeling Good
  5. You Don’t Know Me
Apr
01

National Poetry Month 2010 is Finally Here!

Today begins the challenge to write a poem a day, to the prompts from Read Write Poem. This morning’s prompt offers an interesting challenge. And this is one reason I enjoy writing to prompts from others: they take me in directions I may not have considered.

If you have no plans for NaPoWriMo, visit the links in my sidebar for NaPoWriMo 2010 activities. Visit Read Write Poem to see all that’s going on! There’s likely to be something that interests you. And the posts are very well connected so you can get the full breadth of what’s up for grabs, without missing a beat.

I’m signed up and ready to go! I got my first poem in my email today. And I believe I may even have a theme to write to for this month as well. I’d been toying with the idea. And I think Pamela Villars may have pushed me over to the side of a thematic effort.

Good luck to us all! Remember to enjoy the effort! I’ll be reading the poems posted as time permits. I look forward to reading yours too. And I hope to hear from you along in the month.

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