Friday, November 2, 2007
November is NaNoWriMo
It's National Novel Writing month, and I'm already behind on my word count, so I'm going to try to focus my creative writing time in that direction during November. I may post a poem occasionally when I'm procrastinating, but it won't be every day. I'll start up again in December. Click here to see how I'm doing.
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"Give me a Na! Give me a No! Give me a Wri! Give me a Mo!" Gooooooo Karen!
ReplyDeleteNaNoWriMo always makes me think of Nanaimo (that's a town in British Columbia).
Some poems by Benjamin Franklin:
ReplyDeleteA man of words and not of deeds
Is like a garden full of weeds.
For age and want, save while you may;
No morning sun lasts a whole day.
Great estates may venture more,
But little boats should keep near shore.
Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse;
E'er fancy you consult, consult your purse.
Randy
The following is a poem I wrote while on guard duty at about 2 am in Masan Korea military compound. I was obviously having a pity party.
ReplyDeleteI had just turned 25.
Randy
Lonely Man
Well my heart keeps telling me
that out there somewhere
there waits a girl for me.
But God how long
can a lonely man wait?
The pain it's a killin me.
Chorus:
I want to settle down
and have a girl
that loves only me.
But God how long
can a lonely man wait?
It's been a quarter of a century
and I still don't have a girl
next to me.
It's not just the sex
and the lovin scene
It's something deeper
if you know what I mean.
It's a happy warm feeling
deep down inside.
I had it once
but somehow it died
and I never knew
that grown men cried.
Repeat Chorus.
The profound pathos of this poem speaks to me. :)
ReplyDeleteKaren - You LOOK AWESOME!!! Love the pregnant belly! You are a beautiful beautiful mommy-to-be! (Love your hair too!) - Jocelyn
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