salovie

[salovie]

You put aside cool

and wave me over;

I’m the grinning fool

who takes your hand.

I wish I could dance

with you forever;

Your quiet smile

says you understand mine.

#poetry #spilled ink #napowrimo #napowrimo 2024 #inspired by E #rhyme scheme what rhyme scheme I do whatever I want #not on prompt today because I tried but had nothing #I did have a chance to learn some folk dances with my 4th grader though🥹

[salovie]

You deserve to rest

but you’re made of midnight things—

indigo and fangs,

a vanishing soul—

and night-graced heroes

know how to lift the lonely:

swing your heart-led sword of hope

and kill the demons for them.

#poetry #napowrimo #napowrimo 2024 #prompt #write a poem about a superhero #why yes I did write a poem about my beloved Kurt Wagner #I just finished uncanny spider-man last night so this was a no brainer #x men #kurt wagner #nightcrawler

[salovie]

A forked path awaits;

Hesitancy slows her steps.

To swim or to climb?

To dive or to reach?

The mountain intimidates:

A looming ascent,

Steep to the summit,

But at least she can see it.

The sea calls louder,

Darker and hungry,

With depths unknown, but, perhaps—

Worlds to discover.

#poetry #spilled ink #senryu #haiku #napowrimo #NaPoWriMo 2024 #the prompt was to write about two things fighting that wouldn’t normally fight #and then because a friend of mine is in the middle of a very big life decision #my mind went to a mountain and a sea as metaphors for the options #and yes I did smash together four senryu to give this some semblance of form #I can’t help it

[salovie]

one: a bloom of emerald,

budding and bursting and breathing,

new growth on the love line,

bright lime like fresh spring pine

another: green, begrudgingly,

waiting out a drought,

faded sage and from the shade

stealing glances at a verdant glow

#poetry #spilled ink #NaPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo 2024 #prompt #write a poem that repeats or focuses on a single color #hmm I liked this prompt but I just didn’t have much time today so here’s some 11pm rambles that might be something someday #I wanted to do purple but couldn’t get past the first line lolll so green it is

[salovie]

Remember the spark

We watched hit the rocks and die?

Wildfire conditions

Are never the ideal time

For a new and hungry flame.

#poetry #spilled ink #tanka #this was not really on prompt #I didn’t feel like writing a poem that recounted a historical event #so I wrote a poem about an event in my history that I don’t think about very often #I quite literally woke up and wrote this in my head before I even moved #it was one of those poems #I kind of feel like they should be song lyrics

[salovie]

Heights to climb in midnight mind,

Mired in love, and wary—

Nightmares hunt a tired head

Hound the tower, haunt the bed,

Stalk the peak,

Provoke the flurry,

Hurry the fall,

Blur truth and worry.

Heights to climb in midnight mind,

stricken with love and fear combined.

#poetry #spilled ink #napowrimo #napowrimo 2024 #prompt #write a poem about what haunts you and change the word haunt to hunt #idk this is what I came up with #inspired by my fear of heights and the nightmares that go with it

[salovie]

If only, robin,

I woke with you when worms were fresh,

and bounced through dewy grass,

held world and wind at wingtips:

would spring like my song best?

#poetry #spilled ink #napowrimo 2024 #napowrimo #prompt #write a poem where the speaker expresses a desire to be something else #this is almost a tanka but I let go of syllable control for flow purposes oh well #alliteration

[salovie]

Night Mantra

I’ll sing it for hours

Through wearying throat

Till every surface

Holds a lullaby note

Each bit of air rings

With an echo of song

That lingers in dreams

Well after I’ve gone

#poetry #spilled ink #NaPoWriMo #napowrimo 2024 #prompt #write a poem inspired by a piece of music that shares a title with that piece of music #this is inspired by Night Mantra by Renee & Jeremy #which has been E’s lullaby of choice for as long as I can remember #inspired by e #motherhood

[salovie]

Spotlit between elms, I sweat in the sunlight;

long deprived, my skin weeps for vitamin D.

I stick to the black mesh beneath us,

suspended over too-long grass

and the bugs that thrive there.

The clouds are cirrus—my favorite kind,

though they aren’t enough to ease our eyes,

squinted straight up at bright blue

and leaf-shine. You close yours.

The breeze carries a shiver;

my damp shirt becomes a cold compress.

That field below us whispers

as I draw your sticky body closer.

Someday this moment won’t exist

even as a memory.

#poetry #spilled ink #NaPoWriMo #napowrimo 2024 #prompt #closely describe an object or place and then end the poem with a more abstract or philosophical line #I loved this prompt #apparently it was also a prompt in 2016 but I couldn’t find whatever I wrote then #I blame tumblrs search feature #inspired by E #inspired by C

[salovie]

resolved, hushed to silence

winter gray

snow white

cold quiet

settled river, ancient peace

#poetry #spilled ink #napowrimo 2024 #napowrimo #concrete poetry #prompt #find inspiration in a postage stamp #I picked a Japanese stamp of Kenroku-en Garden because the art really spoke to me #and then I decided to write the poem in the shape of the stamp #so now it’s a concrete poem too

[salovie]

When the sun has kissed every single smile you grow,

When the rain has wept away oceans of woe,

When the grass becomes field becomes meadow becomes forest,

When the birds have long memorized your sweet laughter’s chorus,

When the wind has whispered my love from all its directions,

When I run out of ways to share my affections:

through frost and flame, to mountains and shores,

Still you are mine, Still I am yours.

#poetry #spilled ink #napowrimo #napowrimo 2024 #prompt #write a poem using anaphora #technically is was supposed to be 10 lines that all start with the same word but this was all I could manage today #inspired by E #inspired by C #rhymes

[salovie]

lend me your fire and

I’ll tend it with care, name it

sunset’s heir, night’s squire

#poetry #spilled ink #haiku #senryu #rhymes #napowrimo #napowrimo 2024 #prompt #play with rhyme

[salovie]

There once was a child who already knew everything.

They knew when they had to brush their teeth.

They knew when it was time to go to soccer.

They already knew how they were supposed to play the card game.

The knew what you just said was a joke.

They knew how to do the homework, and must have just pretended not to know a minute ago

so you would feel included

but three words into your explanation was all they could tolerate

before breaking the news to you that they did,

in fact,

already know

what you were about to say.

They knew so much they must’ve actually just been a mind reader and a genius.

They knew so much, so extensively, with so much expertise, in every area of life

that they were the ones who should be teaching you.

Most especially, they knew they were loved,

because that were told so

“every single day, Mom,

I know.”

#poetry #spilled ink #napowrimo #napowrimo 2024 #prompt #write a poem that plays with the idea of a tall tale #I know that doesn’t really fit with this but it honestly started me on the path that led to here so I think it’s worth a mention #all in fun :) I do love my kids lol I promise

[salovie]

Hospice

We sing the last line and then live in the coda.

#poetry #monostich #this revelation that one line poems are a valid form made my day #napowrimo #napowrimo 2024 #prompt #write a monostich: a one line poem #I read over a poem I started back in November and it helped inspire my monostich #all the rest could be cut because it wasn’t punching as much as I was being punched #inspired by Cheryl #I really do miss you

[salovie]

She never learned fear

(it looked too much like a cage)

plus they let her play with snakes

from a very young age.

#poetry #NaPoWriMo #napowrimo 2024 #this is for yesterday. I struggled to write anything and this was the last thing I attempted before bed but never posted #it’ll have to do #prompt #write a poem based on a headline from Yesterday’s Print #which is a very fun tumblr you should follow #anyway the headline I chose was #“Child Scorns Dolls; Serpents Her Pets’ #which I think is way better than whatever this is 🤣 #idk it could be the start to a delightful character poem I guess

[salovie]

Ode to My New Bird Feeder

All others

felled

by the greed of squirrels,

the desperation of deer,

this one

I think

will finally

last—

a hardier home for the harvest,

a sturdier dispenser of seed.

It sways as it stays

caught

on pear blossom branches,

full

to the brim with oil black seed,

then

less so,

giving

and

giving,

bestowing the best

to nuthatch

to chickadee

to finch

to tit.

Yes, even some to spare

for squirrel,

who cannot help himself:

the acrobat,

pendulous for a picnic,

dangling for dinner.

My bird feeder

empties

with unending

benevolence,

letting friends take and take

and take

‘til it glints hollow in

late day’s light,

a giver, with empty hands

outstretched still.

Come morning,

mere moments

after seed pour

reaches the top,

it will open for all

and give

and give

again.

#poetry #spilled ink #ode #napowrimo #napowrimo 2024 #prompt #write an ode celebrating an everyday object #I really enjoyed reading some odes by Pablo Neruda to get the feel for this challenge #especially Ode to My Socks #I read my poem to E and he said he liked it so I’m feeling pretty good

[salovie]

She heard us all root for warmth and light,

for the sun to win out and end

winter’s deadness. Jealously,

slipping straight to spotlight,

Moon had her moment,

sweet as can be:

“You can cheer

for me

too.”

#poetry #spilled ink #nonet #NaPoWriMo #napowrimo 2024 #prompt #write a poem that centers around an encounter that should never have happened #my mind immediately went to the sun and the moon because DUH it’s eclipse day #and you know it’s April so I’ll write at least three nonet poems