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Monday Apr 24, 2023
Poetry Prompt for April 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
History of National Poetry Writing Month
National Poetry Writing Month (also known as NaPoWriMo) is a creative writing project held annually in April in which participants attempt to write a poem each day for one month. NaPoWriMo coincides with National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada.
This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month), she started writing a poem a day for the month of April back in 2003, posting the poems on her blog. When other people started writing poems for April and posting them on their own blogs, Maureen linked to them. After a few years, so many people were doing NaPoWriMo that Maureen decided to launch an independent website for the project.
My History with National Poetry Writing Month
I started writing poetry in 1988 after I had been exposed to T.S. Elliot in my honors English class in high school. In 1992 I started reading my poetry publicly at Espresso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. While living in Rockford Illinois I published my first book of poetry Throwing Yourself at the Ground and Missing in 2007 followed by Postcards From Someone You Don't Know in 2008 Wisdom From the Sack in 2010 and Shaving Crop Circles In My Chest Hair in 2017. You can get copies of all of these books in my merch section. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021.
What I am doing differently for Poetry Month
For 2023 I am not going to be just writing poems in April, I will be writing poems all year round. Also, since I will be writing all year round, I am using a different source for my prompts. There is a blog called Think Written and you can find it here. I will also be performing these works at Katora Coffee House here in Fredericksburg Virginia on their Friday Night Snaps Open Mic Poetry reading. Some of the podcast episodes you will hear will be a live recording of me reading the poem to a live audience, other times I will be reading it in the comfort of my home studio. I do plan on posting my work to the NaPoWriMo site and interacting with the poets there and see if they want to read their work on this podcast.
Todays Poetry Prompt
I’d like to challenge you to write a poem in the form of a review. But not a review of a book or a movie of a restaurant. Instead, I challenge you to write a poetic review of something that isn’t normally reviewed. For example, your mother-in-law, the moon, or the year you were ten years old.
2 Stars
24 April 2023
Not a big fan of 2020
I rated that year at zero stars
If I could have, I would have gone into the negative numbers
but your system doesn’t allow for that
Someone is upper management needs to know what happened
I usually like to give years the benefit of the doubt
And think about them from a different perspective
But 2020 was worse than 2016
And that is saying something
So I decided that maybe I was being a bit harsh
And I gave 2020 1 star in 2021
There were a lot of lessons learned in that year
Things seemed to be getting better
I could find toilet paper everywhere I went
I am talking 2 ply
And the ads for bidets didn’t interest me anymore
Kids were back in school
The talk of mass extinction was quashed
And except for that one day in January
Things were okay, not normal but okay
In 2022 I kept my 1-star rating of 2020
Because it seems we still haven’t learned the lessons
We needed to learn to prevent another 2020 from happening
And we were 2 years out
I mean come on folks
I know some of our family trees don’t fork
But at least lets really look at what happened
And not do the same shit all over again
At some points it looked like we were going to go back
And then I would have had to go back down to zero stars
So here we are in 2023
I have to say I am not recommending 2020 under any circumstances
However, I am raising my rating to 2 stars
We got through it, and we are here right now
A bit smarter
A bit larger
And all in the comfort of our homes
If we are lucky enough to be able to have a stay-at-home job
We praised the essential workers
Until the next headline came by
We praised some of our elected officials
Until they were found making backdoor deals as usual
Some of us have even found our true calling
And left the world of bosses behind
I don’t plan on shopping here for future years
Nor can I recommend shopping here for the future
Look what we are leaving the young with
The four horsemen on red bull and bottom shelf vodka
I won’t be here for the hangover that’s coming
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If you have found value in this podcast please feel free to share it with a friend as that is the best way to find new podcasts. I want this to be a 5-star podcast in your eyes so let me know what you would like to see. Speaking about sharing with a friend, check out my other podcast Find A Podcast About where I help you outsmart the algorithm and find your next binge-worthy podcast. . You can find that podcast at findapodcastabout.xyz.



Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Poetry Prompt for April 19, 2023
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
History of National Poetry Writing Month
National Poetry Writing Month (also known as NaPoWriMo) is a creative writing project held annually in April in which participants attempt to write a poem each day for one month. NaPoWriMo coincides with National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada.
This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month), she started writing a poem a day for the month of April back in 2003, posting the poems on her blog. When other people started writing poems for April and posting them on their own blogs, Maureen linked to them. After a few years, so many people were doing NaPoWriMo that Maureen decided to launch an independent website for the project.
My History with National Poetry Writing Month
I started writing poetry in 1988 after I had been exposed to T.S. Elliot in my honors English class in high school. In 1992 I started reading my poetry publicly at Espresso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. While living in Rockford Illinois I published my first book of poetry Throwing Yourself at the Ground and Missing in 2007 followed by Postcards From Someone You Don't Know in 2008 Wisdom From the Sack in 2010 and Shaving Crop Circles In My Chest Hair in 2017. You can get copies of all of these books in my merch section. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021.
What I am doing differently for Poetry Month
For 2023 I am not going to be just writing poems in April, I will be writing poems all year round. Also, since I will be writing all year round, I am using a different source for my prompts. There is a blog called Think Written and you can find it here. I will also be performing these works at Katora Coffee House here in Fredericksburg Virginia on their Friday Night Snaps Open Mic Poetry reading. Some of the podcast episodes you will hear will be a live recording of me reading the poem to a live audience, other times I will be reading it in the comfort of my home studio. I do plan on posting my work to the NaPoWriMo site and interacting with the poets there and see if they want to read their work on this podcast.
Todays Poetry Prompt
Now, cast your mind back to your own childhood and write a poem about something that scared you – or was used to scare you – and which still haunts you (if only a little bit) today.
Summer Nightmare
19 April 2023
The heat had settled in for the season
We were sweltering although the sun had gone down hours ago
When building the house
It was decided not to have central air or a basement
Our neighborhood was rumored to have been built on a gravesite
For the indigenous population
It was the type of rumor to keep kids in at night
But some rumors need to be heeded
It was another night of sweating
With the hum of fans that put us to sleep
I knew I was dreaming
Only to wake up to the sound of a broken window
I peered over to my window
The drapes were opened when they should have been shut
And a figure was standing outside
Readying what appeared to be a bow and arrow
I heard a swoosh and then a thud in the wall
Right above my stomach
And then I sprang up
Breaking the shaft of the arrow
And ran to my parents' room
I forgot about the fan in my startled state
And ran right through the fan
Slicing up my knee and leg
Waking my father who took me to the bathroom
We cleaned off the blood in the tub
And I frantically told him what happened
I had awakened everyone in the house
As we turned on the light in my bedroom
We found the window intact
The drapes pulled back
But no broken shaft
Just two arrowheads lodged into the wall
Right above where I slept
My father thought I had planted the arrowheads
As one could find them easily in our neighborhood
And decided to yell at me for breaking his sleep
Telling me this was all in my wild imagination
When we moved away years later
The arrowheads I recovered from that night
Were lost in the move
But I still can feel the figure pursuing me
And I always make sure the drapes are closed
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Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Poetry Prompt for April 18, 2023
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
History of National Poetry Writing Month
National Poetry Writing Month (also known as NaPoWriMo) is a creative writing project held annually in April in which participants attempt to write a poem each day for one month. NaPoWriMo coincides with National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada.
This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month), she started writing a poem a day for the month of April back in 2003, posting the poems on her blog. When other people started writing poems for April and posting them on their own blogs, Maureen linked to them. After a few years, so many people were doing NaPoWriMo that Maureen decided to launch an independent website for the project.
My History with National Poetry Writing Month
I started writing poetry in 1988 after I had been exposed to T.S. Elliot in my honors English class in high school. In 1992 I started reading my poetry publicly at Espresso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. While living in Rockford Illinois I published my first book of poetry Throwing Yourself at the Ground and Missing in 2007 followed by Postcards From Someone You Don't Know in 2008 Wisdom From the Sack in 2010 and Shaving Crop Circles In My Chest Hair in 2017. You can get copies of all of these books in my merch section. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021.
What I am doing differently for Poetry Month
For 2023 I am not going to be just writing poems in April, I will be writing poems all year round. Also, since I will be writing all year round, I am using a different source for my prompts. There is a blog called Think Written and you can find it here. I will also be performing these works at Katora Coffee House here in Fredericksburg Virginia on their Friday Night Snaps Open Mic Poetry reading. Some of the podcast episodes you will hear will be a live recording of me reading the poem to a live audience, other times I will be reading it in the comfort of my home studio. I do plan on posting my work to the NaPoWriMo site and interacting with the poets there and see if they want to read their work on this podcast.
Todays Poetry Prompt
Cafeteria: Create a poem inspired by the people who might be eating lunch in a cafeteria at school or at a hospital.
Chicken Enchilada
17 April 2023
I was back in Illinois
Not my hometown or the city I adopted
But a small-town dependent on the base
I had just puddle-jumped from St. Louis
When in processing was done
And I had raised my hand when asked
Who was a musician
I was whisked away to a special squadron
A small group of us who raised our hands
Stood in the day room of the squadron
We were given rooms
And a tour of our new temporary home
We were told to drop off our luggage
And return later that afternoon
So, we all silently went to our rooms
I knew at that time to pack lightly
To tread lightly on this Earth
And as I opened the door to my new home
My new roommate was not there
Heading back down to the dining facility
I wanted to have a few moments of solitude
I’d just spent 6 weeks living with 50 other soon-to-be men
And my sociability jar had been exhausted
Working my way through the food line
Looking over my shoulder
Waiting for a training instructor to slip in behind me
And scare the shit out of me
My head was on a swivel
I grabbed the bare essentials for lunch
Not wanting to draw attention to myself
I crawled into an empty booth
Breathed deeply and went to work on the food
I tasted my food
It had been weeks of rushing to shove groceries down my throat
But now I had nowhere to be, no one to answer to for a few minutes
I savored each bite
It was at that time I was overcome with a feeling of certitude
I felt that the decision was right
It had been one of the first times I felt this way
And the food cemented my feeling
I am not sure how long I sat alone in that booth
Others came and went without much fanfare
My comrades in basic training found me
And we all sat quietly
Deep in thought
Living like the kings we told ourselves we were
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Monday Apr 17, 2023
Poetry Prompt April 17, 2023
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Monday Apr 17, 2023
History of National Poetry Writing Month
National Poetry Writing Month (also known as NaPoWriMo) is a creative writing project held annually in April in which participants attempt to write a poem each day for one month. NaPoWriMo coincides with National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada.
This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month), she started writing a poem a day for the month of April back in 2003, posting the poems on her blog. When other people started writing poems for April and posting them on their own blogs, Maureen linked to them. After a few years, so many people were doing NaPoWriMo that Maureen decided to launch an independent website for the project.
My History with National Poetry Writing Month
I started writing poetry in 1988 after I had been exposed to T.S. Elliot in my honors English class in high school. In 1992 I started reading my poetry publicly at Espresso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. While living in Rockford Illinois I published my first book of poetry Throwing Yourself at the Ground and Missing in 2007 followed by Postcards From Someone You Don't Know in 2008 Wisdom From the Sack in 2010 and Shaving Crop Circles In My Chest Hair in 2017. You can get copies of all of these books in my merch section. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021.
What I am doing differently for Poetry Month
For 2023 I am not going to be just writing poems in April, I will be writing poems all year round. Also, since I will be writing all year round, I am using a different source for my prompts. There is a blog called Think Written and you can find it here. I will also be performing these works at Katora Coffee House here in Fredericksburg Virginia on their Friday Night Snaps Open Mic Poetry reading. Some of the podcast episodes you will hear will be a live recording of me reading the poem to a live audience, other times I will be reading it in the comfort of my home studio. I do plan on posting my work to the NaPoWriMo site and interacting with the poets there and see if they want to read their work on this podcast.
Todays Poetry Prompt
Signs of the Times: How has a place you are familiar with changed over the past 10 years?
Pacifying Uptown
14 April 2023
I lived in this neighborhood for a year or so
Top floor, facing south, seeing Wrigley Field from a distance
Two blocks from the Green Mill
And the Red Line El
Someone in the neighborhood had rescue greyhounds
They would walk them around
Stop for coffee and water at the local Starbucks
The one that had a drive by when I was with my girl at the time
A great Mexican restaurant that was open late
Due to all the bars in the area
Grabbing my first real horchata
And just steps from Montrose Beach
But I moved away
To be with my wife
To start a new life
But I can’t let go of the place
So I signed up for the Uptown Facebook group
And I get notifications daily
The Uptown Theater that had been closed for decades
Being revamped and reopened
Meaning that the bookstore next door
Had to clean up its act or move out
That bookstore stank of cigarettes and cat piss
Is no longer there
Not able to get enough Chantix to quit their habit
Not able to keep up with the bigger bookstores
That closed down before I left
I miss this place
Even though I wasn’t there that long
Moving through the crowds
And having my doc just a few blocks away
Having my dentist who played the rat Packs greatest hits
And picked up conversations started months in-between visits
I didn’t have to drive anywhere
Even to get groceries
Jewel, pronounced with an S at the end
Again, was mere steps away
But now they have changed the feeling
They have changed the stores
The rents have gone through the roof
Now there is no one there I know
The shops don’t have the same feel
Even the thugs that did the drive by have moved away to the burbs
I’d never move my family back there
It would be cost prohibitive
It would be safer than when I lived there
But it isn’t the same space
It isn’t as special as it used to be
Its tame and expensive
And the reason why I lived there
Was not for safety, was not for being tame
I wanted to have excitement
I wanted to have stories to tell
I wanted different things than I do now
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Sunday Apr 16, 2023
Poetry Prompt for April 16, 2023
Sunday Apr 16, 2023
Sunday Apr 16, 2023
History of National Poetry Writing Month
National Poetry Writing Month (also known as NaPoWriMo) is a creative writing project held annually in April in which participants attempt to write a poem each day for one month. NaPoWriMo coincides with National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada.
This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month), she started writing a poem a day for the month of April back in 2003, posting the poems on her blog. When other people started writing poems for April and posting them on their own blogs, Maureen linked to them. After a few years, so many people were doing NaPoWriMo that Maureen decided to launch an independent website for the project.
My History with National Poetry Writing Month
I started writing poetry in 1988 after I had been exposed to T.S. Elliot in my honors English class in high school. In 1992 I started reading my poetry publicly at Espresso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. While living in Rockford Illinois I published my first book of poetry Throwing Yourself at the Ground and Missing in 2007 followed by Postcards From Someone You Don't Know in 2008 Wisdom From the Sack in 2010 and Shaving Crop Circles In My Chest Hair in 2017. You can get copies of all of these books in my merch section. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021.
What I am doing differently for Poetry Month
For 2023 I am not going to be just writing poems in April, I will be writing poems all year round. Also, since I will be writing all year round, I am using a different source for my prompts. There is a blog called Think Written and you can find it here. I will also be performing these works at Katora Coffee House here in Fredericksburg Virginia on their Friday Night Snaps Open Mic Poetry reading. Some of the podcast episodes you will hear will be a live recording of me reading the poem to a live audience, other times I will be reading it in the comfort of my home studio. I do plan on posting my work to the NaPoWriMo site and interacting with the poets there and see if they want to read their work on this podcast.
Todays Poetry Prompt
First Car: Write an ode to your first car
Old Baby Blue
13 April 2023
You did run like a scolded dawg
That Marine was right
To think I could have purchased my mid-life crisis car with busted rings
For the same price as you
I wouldn’t have been able to sleep in that car
Nor could I fall asleep at the wheel
And safely get through Bloomington Illinois
Changing highways in the middle of the night
The stereo system I bought for you
Cost more than what you were worth
And you reminded me when it rained
And the DIY sunroof flooded and collected fish
I drove you to escape from where I was
I drove you to Texas to escape where I came from
I drove you until something flashier caught my eye
And then I sold you for a motorcycle
Because I had only crashed 2 other motorcycles in my life
So that seemed like a fair trade
You never started up again
When all the paperwork was done
And your new owner took possession
You refused to be traded away
And as I crashed another motorcycle
There you stood stoically in the parking lot
Reminding me that I would still have transportation
Hoping I would come to my senses and take you back
But no, I was young back then
And flashy new things, which was everything
Took my attention away from you
And I bought a shiny new red compact car
It looked like a clown car when I stepped out of it
And that car drove me away from Texas
From you
From the memories we made
Sometimes I seek out your relatives
I look at what others have done with your kind
And I miss our days together
You were protecting me
Me fixing another alternator for you
Changing your oil from inside the cab
Hearing that 302 engine roar
Wishing it was in a Mustang
But was resigned to hauling around my possessions
You were my first old baby blue
And I’ll never forget your shag carpet interior,
your tinted moon windows
The swiveling captain chairs
And the fish tank turned sunroof
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If you have found value in this podcast please feel free to share it with a friend as that is the best way to find new podcasts. I want this to be a 5-star podcast in your eyes so let me know what you would like to see. Speaking about sharing with a friend, check out my other podcast Find A Podcast About where I help you outsmart the algorithm and find your next binge-worthy podcast. You can find that podcast at findapodcastabout.xyz.



Saturday Apr 15, 2023
Poetry Prompt for April 15, 2023
Saturday Apr 15, 2023
Saturday Apr 15, 2023
History of National Poetry Writing Month
National Poetry Writing Month (also known as NaPoWriMo) is a creative writing project held annually in April in which participants attempt to write a poem each day for one month. NaPoWriMo coincides with National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada.
This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month), she started writing a poem a day for the month of April back in 2003, posting the poems on her blog. When other people started writing poems for April and posting them on their own blogs, Maureen linked to them. After a few years, so many people were doing NaPoWriMo that Maureen decided to launch an independent website for the project.
My History with National Poetry Writing Month
I started writing poetry in 1988 after I had been exposed to T.S. Elliot in my honors English class in high school. In 1992 I started reading my poetry publicly at Espresso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. While living in Rockford Illinois I published my first book of poetry Throwing Yourself at the Ground and Missing in 2007 followed by Postcards From Someone You Don't Know in 2008 Wisdom From the Sack in 2010 and Shaving Crop Circles In My Chest Hair in 2017. You can get copies of all of these books in my merch section. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021.
What I am doing differently for Poetry Month
For 2023 I am not going to be just writing poems in April, I will be writing poems all year round. Also, since I will be writing all year round, I am using a different source for my prompts. There is a blog called Think Written and you can find it here. I will also be performing these works at Katora Coffee House here in Fredericksburg Virginia on their Friday Night Snaps Open Mic Poetry reading. Some of the podcast episodes you will hear will be a live recording of me reading the poem to a live audience, other times I will be reading it in the comfort of my home studio. I do plan on posting my work to the NaPoWriMo site and interacting with the poets there and see if they want to read their work on this podcast.
Todays Poetry Prompt
Fast Food: Write a poem about fast food restaurants and experiences.
After The Casino
11 April 2023
Driving through the fog of West Virginia
Taking the backroads because my car can’t do 75
Before everyone and their brother had cell phone coverage
We both struggled to keep our eyes open
We should have probably grabbed some food on the way out of the casino
We had both won a tidy sum that paid for the trip and the rent for the next two months
We didn’t notice when we crossed back into Virginia
Because at night, most states look the same
With the last cigarette tossed out of the window
And a few hours until we arrived at home
We pulled over at a gas station and Waffle House
Conjoined at the hip
The sun was still a few hours away
We entered the gas station and purchased our brand of addiction
Relived ourselves in the grimy bathroom
And found a seat in the empty restaurant
The sounds of the bells and whistles
From the plethora of machines drowned out the waitress
And it took longer than it should have to take our order
All three of us were tired
But only 1 was being paid to be here
And it wasn’t my passenger and I
My passenger stated his order
as I was downing the first cup of coffee
Then it was my turn to interact
Mindlessly I ordered breakfast and some soup
The waitress appeared to me
Muttered crackers?
And thinking she was referring to us
Two white boys in the middle of the night
Driving a car in need of serious repair
Smelling of smoke and speaking loudly
We both broke out in laughter
The waitress asked what was so funny
I replied you called us crackers
No, crackers for your soup is what I asked
You boys look a little rough tonight how far have you got to go
We let her know and talked to her till the sun rose
We were well fed
Energized from the copious amount of coffee
Ready to take on the final leg of the journey
And to this day, when either of us hears the word crackers
We are transported to that night
Somewhere between West Virginia and home
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Special Message
If you have found value in this podcast please feel free to share it with a friend as that is the best way to find new podcasts. I want this to be a 5-star podcast in your eyes so let me know what you would like to see. Speaking about sharing with a friend, check out my other podcast Find A Podcast About where I help you outsmart the algorithm and find your next binge-worthy podcast. You can find that podcast at findapodcastabout.xyz.



Friday Apr 14, 2023
Poetry Prompt for April 14, 2023
Friday Apr 14, 2023
Friday Apr 14, 2023
History of National Poetry Writing Month
National Poetry Writing Month (also known as NaPoWriMo) is a creative writing project held annually in April in which participants attempt to write a poem each day for one month. NaPoWriMo coincides with National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada.
This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month), she started writing a poem a day for the month of April back in 2003, posting the poems on her blog. When other people started writing poems for April and posting them on their own blogs, Maureen linked to them. After a few years, so many people were doing NaPoWriMo that Maureen decided to launch an independent website for the project.
My History with National Poetry Writing Month
I started writing poetry in 1988 after I had been exposed to T.S. Elliot in my honors English class in high school. In 1992 I started reading my poetry publicly at Espresso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. While living in Rockford Illinois I published my first book of poetry Throwing Yourself at the Ground and Missing in 2007 followed by Postcards From Someone You Don't Know in 2008 Wisdom From the Sack in 2010 and Shaving Crop Circles In My Chest Hair in 2017. You can get copies of all of these books in my merch section. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021.
What I am doing differently for Poetry Month
For 2023 I am not going to be just writing poems in April, I will be writing poems all year round. Also, since I will be writing all year round, I am using a different source for my prompts. There is a blog called Think Written and you can find it here. I will also be performing these works at Katora Coffee House here in Fredericksburg Virginia on their Friday Night Snaps Open Mic Poetry reading. Some of the podcast episodes you will hear will be a live recording of me reading the poem to a live audience, other times I will be reading it in the comfort of my home studio. I do plan on posting my work to the NaPoWriMo site and interacting with the poets there and see if they want to read their work on this podcast.
Todays Poetry Prompt
Weirder Than Fiction: Think of the most unbelievable moment in your life and write a poem about the experience.
Just Passing Through
11 April 2023
I had just got on the last bus headed for home
It was dark, and cold, and since the windows were tinted
I felt blind to the outside world
My carryon was in my lap
Turning on the overhead light
I noticed that the passenger next to me was reading
I pulled out my borrowed copy of a book
The author isn’t important
Someone I should have been enjoying
But this was not a good book to start with
When my seatmate heard my yawn for the fifth time in 10 minutes
He asked me what I was reading
When I showed him, he asked if was it my first time with this author
Yes it was and I wasn’t enjoying it at all was my response
I let him know it was a borrowed book from a friend who thought I’d dig it
But it just wasn’t working for me
The passenger opened his carryon bag
Handed me another book by the same author
Here read this, it moves faster than the one you have
I tried to politely decline since my stop was in 5 hours
If you don’t finish take it with you
You can give it to me the next time you see me
I thought this was preposterous but accepted is offer
So, I read with amazement for 5 hours until my stop
As I got up to leave, I tried to hand the book back to him
He said nope, give it to me when we see each other again
I offered to pay for the book
Again, he declined and said to give it back when we see each other
Taking the book to the place at that time I called home
My mother told me she wanted no books
From Satanists in her house
She wanted to throw it out or burn it
But I let her know it was on loan and it was expected to be returned
She said I had met a devil on the bus
I said I had met a human
Causing the trip home to be contentious
Two years later I found myself on another bus
Again, the last one out of the station
I made sure to bring the borrowed book
And just like that, he was there
I sat next to him and held out the book
He smiled and said great you are ready for book two in the series
He took the book I borrowed and replaced it with the new one
I asked when he wanted it back
He just closed his eyes and fell asleep
I haven’t been on many cross-country busses since then
But I always keep the copy he gave me in case
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Thursday Apr 13, 2023
Poetry Prompt April 13, 2023
Thursday Apr 13, 2023
Thursday Apr 13, 2023
History of National Poetry Writing Month
National Poetry Writing Month (also known as NaPoWriMo) is a creative writing project held annually in April in which participants attempt to write a poem each day for one month. NaPoWriMo coincides with National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada.
This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month), she started writing a poem a day for the month of April back in 2003, posting the poems on her blog. When other people started writing poems for April and posting them on their own blogs, Maureen linked to them. After a few years, so many people were doing NaPoWriMo that Maureen decided to launch an independent website for the project.
My History with National Poetry Writing Month
I started writing poetry in 1988 after I had been exposed to T.S. Elliot in my honors English class in high school. In 1992 I started reading my poetry publicly at Espresso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. While living in Rockford Illinois I published my first book of poetry Throwing Yourself at the Ground and Missing in 2007 followed by Postcards From Someone You Don't Know in 2008 Wisdom From the Sack in 2010 and Shaving Crop Circles In My Chest Hair in 2017. You can get copies of all of these books in my merch section. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021.
What I am doing differently for Poetry Month
For 2023 I am not going to be just writing poems in April, I will be writing poems all year round. Also, since I will be writing all year round, I am using a different source for my prompts. There is a blog called Think Written and you can find it here. I will also be performing these works at Katora Coffee House here in Fredericksburg Virginia on their Friday Night Snaps Open Mic Poetry reading. Some of the podcast episodes you will hear will be a live recording of me reading the poem to a live audience, other times I will be reading it in the comfort of my home studio. I do plan on posting my work to the NaPoWriMo site and interacting with the poets there and see if they want to read their work on this podcast.
Todays Poetry Prompt
Sound of Silence: Take some inspiration from the classic Simon & Garfunkel song and describe what silence sounds like.
No Thing
10 April 2023
Laying down, ready for sleep
The fan is set for high (even in the winter)
And the music is set for introspection through jazz
Drowning out the usual high-pitched squeal that has become my swan song
I am prepared to enter the ethereal lands
Being alone with my thoughts
Is the quickest way to insanity
The voices that plagued my mother
Descend with vengeance
Ready to eliminate any respite shown me
Nightly I sonically excavate
The landscapes of my awake and sleeping mind
Reliving mistakes I have made
And paying for them dearly
In ways only my mind can torture me
One moment would be nice
To be able to turn off the thoughts and dreams
To not think, fear, be anxious
Just that total blankness of a new sheet of paper
Or an empty canvas
I do not afford myself such luxuries
But to have that one moment
Where nothing comes in or goes out
Would only fuel the idea
That my brain is flawed
That the internal demons
Who wanted to silence this voice
Have won the war against me
There will be no peace in our time
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If you have found value in this podcast please feel free to share it with a friend as that is the best way to find new podcasts. I want this to be a 5-star podcast in your eyes so let me know what you would like to see. Speaking about sharing with a friend, check out my other podcast Find A Podcast About where I help you outsmart the algorithm and find your next binge-worthy podcast. You can find that podcast at findapodcastabout.xyz.



Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Poetry Prompt April 11, 2023
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
History of National Poetry Writing Month
National Poetry Writing Month (also known as NaPoWriMo) is a creative writing project held annually in April in which participants attempt to write a poem each day for one month. NaPoWriMo coincides with National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada.
This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month), she started writing a poem a day for the month of April back in 2003, posting the poems on her blog. When other people started writing poems for April and posting them on their own blogs, Maureen linked to them. After a few years, so many people were doing NaPoWriMo that Maureen decided to launch an independent website for the project.
My History with National Poetry Writing Month
I started writing poetry in 1988 after I had been exposed to T.S. Elliot in my honors English class in high school. In 1992 I started reading my poetry publicly at Espresso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. While living in Rockford Illinois I published my first book of poetry Throwing Yourself at the Ground and Missing in 2007 followed by Postcards From Someone You Don't Know in 2008 Wisdom From the Sack in 2010 and Shaving Crop Circles In My Chest Hair in 2017. You can get copies of all of these books in my merch section. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021.
What I am doing differently for Poetry Month
For 2023 I am not going to be just writing poems in April, I will be writing poems all year round. Also, since I will be writing all year round, I am using a different source for my prompts. There is a blog called Think Written and you can find it here. I will also be performing these works at Katora Coffee House here in Fredericksburg Virginia on their Friday Night Snaps Open Mic Poetry reading. Some of the podcast episodes you will hear will be a live recording of me reading the poem to a live audience, other times I will be reading it in the comfort of my home studio. I do plan on posting my work to the NaPoWriMo site and interacting with the poets there and see if they want to read their work on this podcast.
Todays Poetry Prompt
Weirder Than Fiction: Think of the most unbelievable moment in your life and write a poem about the experience.
Todays Poem
Greyhound Pimpin
5 April 2023
The cheapest way to see the country
With people, you probably will never meet again
I was on the East Coast heading out west
To the city of Sun Phoenix to visit a friend
After pushing off the homeless guys
Begging for smoke or spare change at the depot
I got into the bus where all the seats are coach
Towards the back, near the bathrooms
The slight smell of antiseptic and piss soaked into the cloth seats
We pulled out of there
Just to stop again, and again, and again
Gaining more and more people
Dropping off others
The miles crawled by
We got to Atlanta that night
Time to switch busses
Time to find my bags
And tote them over to our new driver
The same bums begging for change followed us
Like there was an ATM on board
And naturally, we were all well off
Seeing the country the cheapest way possible
There was a couple already occupying the back seats
And I sat in front of them
The smell had changed from cleaner and piss
To sweet sweet rotgut
With a hint of patolli
So, I gave them my spare pack of smokes
And at each stop, we stood off from the others
And huffed our way to bliss
The driver came to the back more than once
Complaining about the smell and noise
I could play straight easily
But they were true amateurs
By the time we got to El Paso
The cops were waiting for them
As we left the bus for another round
They were taken in
And I puffed on a smoke a stones throw away
They waved goodbye
And I said till we meet again
I got back on that bus
And changed seats
Trying to outsmart the driver
When we were stopped at the border security station
I thought they were coming for me
They pulled off a few who looked darker
Than those in the land of the free
They didn’t wave at me
And I didn’t say goodbye
They were lost in that New Mexico sky
We pulled into Phoenix
The heat was still on high
The city didn’t care if it was the middle of Fall or Summer
It was hot all the time
And there was my friend waiting in his Mercedes
The bums from Richmond and Atlanta followed us
And started to beg again
When they tried to wash his windows
He pulled out his gun
They scurried off like mice
And we headed to the nearest strip club
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If you have found value in this podcast please feel free to share it with a friend as that is the best way to find new podcasts. I want this to be a 5-star podcast in your eyes so let me know what you would like to see. Speaking about sharing with a friend, check out my other podcast Find A Podcast About where I help you outsmart the algorithm and find your next binge-worthy podcast. You can find that podcast at findapodcastabout.xyz.



Monday Apr 10, 2023
Poetry Prompt for April 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
History of National Poetry Writing Month
National Poetry Writing Month (also known as NaPoWriMo) is a creative writing project held annually in April in which participants attempt to write a poem each day for one month. NaPoWriMo coincides with National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada.
This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month), she started writing a poem a day for the month of April back in 2003, posting the poems on her blog. When other people started writing poems for April and posting them on their own blogs, Maureen linked to them. After a few years, so many people were doing NaPoWriMo that Maureen decided to launch an independent website for the project.
My History with National Poetry Writing Month
I started writing poetry in 1988 after I had been exposed to T.S. Elliot in my honors English class in high school. In 1992 I started reading my poetry publicly at Espresso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. While living in Rockford Illinois I published my first book of poetry Throwing Yourself at the Ground and Missing in 2007 followed by Postcards From Someone You Don't Know in 2008 Wisdom From the Sack in 2010 and Shaving Crop Circles In My Chest Hair in 2017. You can get copies of all of these books in my merch section. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021.
What I am doing differently for Poetry Month
For 2023 I am not going to be just writing poems in April, I will be writing poems all year round. Also, since I will be writing all year round, I am using a different source for my prompts. There is a blog called Think Written and you can find it here. I will also be performing these works at Katora Coffee House here in Fredericksburg Virginia on their Friday Night Snaps Open Mic Poetry reading. Some of the podcast episodes you will hear will be a live recording of me reading the poem to a live audience, other times I will be reading it in the comfort of my home studio. I do plan on posting my work to the NaPoWriMo site and interacting with the poets there and see if they want to read their work on this podcast.
Todays Poetry Prompt
People You Have Known: Make each line about different people you have met but lost contact with over the years. These could be old friends, passed-on family, etc.
Todays Poem
No Longer In Communication
4 April 2023
To Jeff, you were the subject of my first attempt at poetry, four-line stanzas four stanzas long, all these words on paper and electrons floating throughout the universe hold the code that is you
To Katina, working with you at the movie theater was bliss, kissing you in the back of the shop with the lights off was magical, and hearing how you kept the baby of your rapist still angers me that you had to make that choice
Mike D, your family invited this stranger in, and for years you were that little brother that became successful, except you, couldn’t put that bottle down, so I put you down, that’s the way I detach and preserve my sanity
Kelly, the eyes are what I remember the most, the drunken nights and the way you brought other men to bed have been forgotten, but as you changed your ways and became a mother, your life was taken away, and now I can only guess where to send flowers
Mr. Hoppe, that stoic man, demanding that these rednecks produce a sound that the gods recognized our importance, you left for Arizona, I wanted to go with you, and I made it out there never to find you
Gordon Odegard Director, GOD for short, your breath stank of dog shit, but you inspired this kid to believe in something greater than religion, greater than science, you made me believe I could make a difference, and ensure that the audience could see the actors eyes
Albert, you probably wouldn’t have been proud of my stereo setup, but you would be proud of the impact of my music collection on our nephew, you gave me the love of music, good music, and showed me how to sing while driving, I wanted to come to your funeral, but I was working 80 hour weeks and had no reliable transportation
Tommy, my hippie grade school pal, sneaking off to your house to listen to KISS records and play with your toys was the first time I ran away from home, your spasms and outbursts have a name now, and my daughter has them, I hope you are alive, but I am too afraid to find out
To she that cannot be named, I was in a bad spot, you took advantage of it without knowing what you were doing, I wasn’t honest with you and to this day I am still not honest with others who wonder why we don’t speak, you will probably never read this and that is fair I wasn’t ready for a one night stand nor was I ready to be the lead singer of your brother's death metal math prog band
To the Lt Col who took a long stroll off a short pier, what you inspired in me keeps fueling my work, I won’t stop until I can achieve half of what you have
To Moses, otherwise known as Mr. Heston, we don’t have latrines in the Air Force, we have full-service restrooms and please tip the towel boy on your way out, by the way, guns do kill people and your legacy is tied to the fools you would not suffer when you were alive
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Special Message
If you have found value in this podcast please feel free to share it with a friend as that is the best way to find new podcasts. I want this to be a 5-star podcast in your eyes so let me know what you would like to see. Speaking about sharing with a friend, check out my other podcast Find A Podcast About where I help you outsmart the algorithm and find your next binge-worthy podcast. You can find that podcast at findapodcastabout.xyz.

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