NaPoWriMo: ERASURE POEMS

April is National Poetry Month, and the annual NaPoWriMo marathon - writing a poem a day for the entire month - is underway.  I've tried this before - mostly made it - but I know that the timing is rough: the end of one academic semester, finals week, spring break, and the beginning of our intense four week spring term.  I don't want to set myself up for failure, so I decided to give myself this challenge: one erasure (black-out) poem per day. 

And to make it even more fun, I challenged my wife (the fabulous Margo Solod) to take the plunge with me.

Starting today.

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“In Truth”

I must be a

spooked horse.

I dropped the

skull and bones,

of course.

It is time to go

block the sharp sunlight.

The day abruptly

followed the narrow

wing of thick velvet,

waved eloquently,

not even capable

of hard work.

The faint reverberation

of colliding hands

emanated

mutely.

The bright lights

picked up

a slow, deep wave

and myriad sparkling

eyes whispered please.

Deborah A. Miranda 

"Crowns"

          crowns            spring
by                       starting
                                 desire.

                            Please call.

          We are unable to

                           remember
                                              we cannot.

Margo Solod