NaPoWriMo catch-up

There are so many other distractions in my life at the moment that I’ve fallen way behind with the Write a Poem a Day challenge, but here are two more attempts:

When I saw the prompt for Day 14 – write a san san poem – I didn’t even attempt to do it. It seemed too complicated, and I didn’t have time for complicated! It’s a Chinese form that uses 3 repetitions of 3 terms or images, arranged in 8 lines which rhyme a-b-c-a-b-d-c-d

But after a couple of days, the following 3 phrases popped into my head

a free day     nothing to do     be myself

     I need a free day with nothing to do but rest

     and be myself. To do as I please with a free day

     having nothing to do, no deadlines, no plan,

     only a hope to be myself and to do my best

     no matter if I spend that time on work or play.

     But how can I steal a free day with nothing to do

     when my conscience nags me to do all I can?

     I need to learn to be myself, be something new.

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Day 15’s prompt was: a poem that incorporates the idea of doubles

Again, I needed more than one day to even come up with an idea for a poem, let alone write it!

The Power of Two

Two is an even number

that smoothes out the oddness of one,

and makes a stable centre

for three, four, five and the rest.

Like yin and yang, night and day,

twos hold opposites, reflections

reversed no matter which way

they may be twisted or turned.

Two is a magic symbol

to bring good luck, make dreams come true,

to summon a miracle,

and even bind me with you.