April 30

PAD 2014 – New Neighbors

Free Verse, PAD 2014, Poetry

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Hello everyone;

I did say "haphazardly" participating in the April PAD Challenge. This is why day one is being posted after day two.
Day 1  prompt of "write an optimistic poem"

Not Dead Yet, Me


Is it really such a tragedy

that my sentences are raggedy

words tread together by similarity?

The conversation is still defiantly

expressions of me.


Is it really such a travesty 

that I wander aimlessly?

When I can travel through time so easily

…our life history

…a life lived outrageously.


Is it really such a disparity

that I have forgotten the melody

of your name? Still there’s some clarity….

I know the feelings of family

and passions intensity. 


Is it really such an indignity

that something once familiar is now a novelty.

Or that simple tasks escape me.

I still dance to life’s jamboree

and sing majestically.

Is it really such a finality

even as I become more absentee?

There is plenty of life in my legacy.

Don’t bother writing my eulogy,

when there’s still time to create a memory.

©2024 Delaina Miller

Day 28

Today’s prompt was to write a “settled” poem.

New Neighbors

New Neighbors

Out from the cedar tree
wings stretched wide
our new neighbors built
their home in eaves of mine.
Beak load by beak load
the sides of the roost form.
Despite the roof
that shelters us both,
the mighty Wren
places a giant leaf on top
to disguise his one room shack.
Carpeted wall to wall
with cedar fresh needles
the newly settled home
is a cat proof mansion.
We try to be good neighbors.
We don’t ask them to water
when we are away
and we all keep watch
of each other’s doorways.

If you want to read more settled poems visit Poetic Asides

About the author

Creator of sounds. Poet on an energetic journey with words. Explorer of Frequencies.


 

Delaina J Miller

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