I've been challenged by good friend Edward Van Vliet to join him in NaPoWriMo. We are writing a new poem every day for April - Poetry Month.
I took this one with great trepidation, but so far, I'm happy with the results. It's amazing what will speak when you give it voice.
I've written 7 poems so far, and you can find them all on my personal website at davevonbieker.com/blog
Part of the joy of posting things raw is the feedback I have received. It's making me a better writer. Taking comments into consideration on yesterday's poem, here is a rewrite, which I'm only posting here for now.
Break
I watch a glass
break
Thinking how cliches are so often true
how time really does slow down after our
mistakes
I watch a glass
bounce
Slow motion, unbroken on the counter like a miracle
I sigh relief and then behold my reason to
renounce
I watch a glass
explode
and count what is left of my matching set
wishing I had been more careful,
more contolled
I write 'sharps'
on a box
I clean up and move on
doing my best to make sure this is where the damage
stops