Teri - this poem is so beautiful. It's always such an amazing feeling to read something that resonates so much that tears come to your eyes. Thank you for sharing it!
10/6/08, 2:12 PM
[Image] April is National Poetry Month. Okay so maybe that doesn't mean much to you but to a closet Poetry freak like me it was the chance to participate in the poetry challenge on the Writers Digest blog Poetic Asides, written by Robert Lee Brewer. The challenge was to write a poem a day based on a prompt given by Robert. That was 30 poems in 30 days. At first I thought, what the hell I'll give it a go and see how I do but after day three I was hooked. Not only did I anxiously await the next prompt but I was pretty happy about many of the poems I wrote, and even happier when Robert highlighted many of them in his weekly "highlights" posts. At the end, Robert kept track of everyone who participated in the challenge every day and sent us this award (there's a bigger one too!) I know, I'm almost three months late in posting this but I'm still pretty proud. I got this and 30 new poems to tinker with...sure beats a whole lot of nuttin. Here's one from Day 20 -- the prompt was to write a love poem: Helping Hands
It would be better to think you were made for me a custom order handcrafted to please those hands that have held babies carried groceries and tarped roofs were just practicing for that day in the yard when you reached out to steady me and keep me from falling
"Everybody Loves An Award.."
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Teri - this poem is so beautiful. It's always such an amazing feeling to read something that resonates so much that tears come to your eyes. Thank you for sharing it!
10/6/08, 2:12 PM