Archive for April, 2010

I Hear the Music

Author: Shari Smothers

Apr 4

Experiences I’ve had and
the people I know
become the winds
that swirl in a whirl
shooting through me
lifting, spinning me fiercely.

And I am the walls of this vortex,
the sieve crossing its expanse
keeping something
from everything in the stream.

The cacophony of dissimilar inputs
becomes harmonious as
I order and record them.

This collection of notes inside me
is where I write from
where I plan from
where I love from
where I act from
and my song is whole and unlike
any other, just like
everyone else’s.

© 2010 Shari Lynne Smothers

This poem is for the napowrimo prompt #4, inside out. Visit the post to see the details of this prompt.

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Fear of Fire

Author: Shari Smothers

Apr 3

Rushing through daily obligations,
only to obsessively labor
to grow a social media presence:
twittering, Facebook updating, formspring.
I’m even thinking of joining LinkedIn
as another venue for connecting.

Relentless, compulsive participation
in communion with writers,
working through the writing process
at breakneck speeds
to meet overlapping deadlines.

All for fun, or just because
on direct contemplation
I find in my quiet times,
between different things and writing sprints

I’m scared out of my wits that mine
may not be enough time
to say all that burns in me to get out
in places where I’ll be heard
and instead the flames will just consume me.

© 2010 Shari Lynne Smothers

This poem is for the napowrimo prompt #3, scared yet?. Visit the post to see the details of this prompt. Write about something that scares me deeply.

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No Such Thing

Author: Shari Smothers

Apr 2

At first blush
it may appear to be
regular white paper
from an unimportant source.

And really the source
is not the key.
What matters is
what the creative eye sees.

Gazing at it for a minute
or so, slowly
as if seeping up from beneath
shapes, letters, colors
begin to bleed through
for only one so inclined
to trace, color, write
so others can see.

And they’ll know:
It’s the magic of talent.
In the craftsman’s hands
there’s truly no such thing
as regular white paper.

© 2010 Shari Lynne Smothers

This poem is for the napowrimo prompt #2, acronym switcheroo. Visit the post to see the details of this prompt. I used the first meaning to pop up, regular white paper.

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I See it Now

Author: Shari Smothers

Apr 1

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
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National Poetry Month 2010 is Finally Here!

Author: Shari Smothers

Apr 1

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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