NAPOWRIMO APRIL 2026 ...Day 26, 27 , 28, 29, 30

 DAY 26 

ARS POETICA

poetry

is the door
to the other realm
of magic truth and beauty
the language of love

poetry
should embrace you
in its warm arms
making you feel 
you're home
like a person of few words
 who can communicate 
without the endless torture
of rattling on and on and on
 writing poetry about a haircut

our wonderful Will
our greatest poet
claimed 
"brevity is the soul of wit"
pity mr Pope didn't 
get the message 
poisoning generations of pupils
against poetry forever and forever

Day 27

there should always be two
really says who
it's nor easy sharing a life
says the poor suffering wife


two  can fight
with all their might
you can kiss reconcile and be friends
until it starts all over again

three's a crowd
menage a trois is not allowed
just doubles the trouble
boil and bubble

so what's the answer
live alone
be miserable and lonely
spend life on the phone

there is no answer
come what may
make the best of your lot
until your rendezvous
at the cemetery plot

DAY 28

Sorry you have no friends
most don't not real ones anyway
Sorry that old cab driver had never tasted
an ice cream so I bought him one
Sorry that life is so hard for you
if it's some comfort I will always be there for you

DAY 29

before
loads of energy
loads of fun
dancing the night away
being young
now
writing poems
dont like phones
peace and quiet
is what i want
sleeping in 
no longer a sin

DAY 30

wish her
luck as you wave
her goodbye on her way
to make hay while the sun shines
oh dear me
what a hoot she is creating
all these verses and rhymes

 

sumer is icumen in
loude sing cuckoo
plenty of cuckoos about writing poetry
especially in April