National Poetry Month--Day 30

~Day 30~

A final haiku

On this last day of the month:

Poetry matters.

Thanks for celebrating National Poetry Month with me! 

I'm actually kind of proud of myself for making it through the entire month--getting over here every day was NOT easy, but I'm always up for a challenge. 

I enjoyed writing based on prompts, too. It allowed me to think about things I love and things I could work on in my own life. Very insightful. 

(Writing is powerful that way.) ;)

For the record: my favorite days were eight and twenty-five.

And now . . . back to our regularly scheduled blog posts!

~Katie~

National Poetry Month--Day 29

~Day 29~

The prompt: When was the last time you were awe-inspired?

The response:

When my baby boy

Pulled me close for a hug as

I walked by his crib.

~Katie~

National Poetry Month--Day 28

~Day 28~

The prompt: Are all people capable of the same level of spiritual expansion and awareness?

The response:

Some minds are shut tight.

Locked to knowledge and reason.

Sure and unmoving.

~Katie~

National Poetry Month--Day 27

~Day 27~

The prompt:

Who do you pity the most right now and why?

The response:

I pity the ones

with dreams. Restless but afraid.

Who can't take the risk.

~Katie~

National Poetry Month--Day 26

~Day 26~

The prompt: What does the word 'grace' make you think of?

The response: 

Grace is forgiveness—

All the wrongs I've ever done

And wrongs done to me.

~Katie~

National Poetry Month--Day 25

~Day 25~

The prompt: What does the word 'purity' make you think of?

The response:

Girls in white dresses

Balanced on lean pedestals

Just waiting to fall.

~Katie~

National Poetry Month--Day 24

~Day 24~

The prompt:

 

How would you use your wisdom and experience to help someone cope with heartbreak?

The response:

The universe knows

What we need—what's best for us,

Even if it's hard.

~Katie~

National Poetry Month--Day 23

~Day 23~

The prompt:

What could you be more grateful for?

The response:

 

The everyday things.

Earth and air and life and love

Taken for granted.

~Katie~

National Poetry Month--Day 22

~Day 22~

The prompt:  Do you tend to feel lonely when you are alone, or are you merely in your own company?

The response:

When I'm by myself

I'm never really alone.

I am my own friend.

~Katie~

National Poetry Month--Day 21

~Day 21~

The prompt:

  Whereabouts do you tend to resent others for what they have?

The response:

Sometimes I see homes

Bigger and better than mine

Though I have it all.

~Katie~

National Poetry Month--Day 20

~Day 20~

The prompt: If you wanted to find a place of sanctuary right now, where would you go and why?

The response:

I would find a beach,

A mountain stream, in hopes of

Renewing spirit

~Katie~

National Poetry Month--Day 19

~Day 19~

The prompt:

Who deserves the truth about your feelings right now? How would you express your truth to them if you could only say it in one sentence?

The response:

You are heading down

A very dangerous path,

And it's time to stop.

~Katie~

National Poetry Month--Day 18

~Day 18~

The prompt: What will your next big adventure look like?

The response:

The next adventure

Looks like Paris, Prague, Europe.

Beaches and mountains.

~Katie~

National Poetry Month--Day 17

~Day 17~

Are you sick of poetry, yet? Tired of haiku? No? Great! Me, either. ;)

 

The prompt: If you had to dedicate the next six months to only one project or goal, where would you choose to place your focus and why?

The response:

Expanding knowledge,

Learning more about myself,

Becoming Katie.

~Katie~

National Poetry Month--Day 16

~Day 16~

The prompt:

What would happen if you just refused to take any shit from now on?

The response:

Taking no shit means

Being a happier you

Than you are right now.

~Katie~

National Poetry Month--Day 15

~Day 15~

The prompt: Is empathy ever a negative thing?

The response:

Concern for others

(Unless they walk all over)

Will never be bad.

~Katie~

National Poetry Month--Day 14

~Day 14~

The prompt: Think about the three most important relationships in your life right now. To what extent are you being authentic in each of them? Go deep. Get clear.

The response:

Doing all I can.

Holding back what is hurtful.

Being the best me.

~Katie~

National Poetry Month--Day 13

~Day 13~

It's Day 13 of National Poetry Month!

Here's the prompt: What seems to be obstructing your sense of your own potential more than anything else?

Here's the response:

My need to control.

Anxious nerves are like poison

Keep me from living.

Happy Monday!

~Katie~