NaPoWriMo #28

Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, Tanka, courage, dark, family, gratitude, homage, love, photo, prayer, tragedy, wisdom

This is my twenty-eighth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one tanka


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• inspired by day 28 of National Poetry Month

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Not Spring

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the moment of not-spring
has no bold herald
save a passing notation
on one’s calendar

easily missed

there is not a disruption
in the earth’s crust

there is no disturbance
in the air

the planets
do not misalign

the moment of not-spring
is a non-moment
as can be the moment of not-love

it can pass by unnoticed
no disruption
no disturbance

but the realization
of not-love
is a storm
more fierce
than even the worst
of spring’s fury

it can break the earth
wide open

leave one gasping
for the next breath

as all the stars
fall from heaven

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Sweet Recall

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fresh-placed flower scent

feel of soft grass under knee

memories still grip

more and more are sweet recall

hard tears turning to soft smiles

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• poem and tanka by: rob kistner © 2010

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Permalink | Comments (6) | Apr 27, 2010

6 Responses to “NaPoWriMo #28”

  1. vivienne blake Says:
    April 28th, 2010 at 2:16 am

    Your free verse poem is wonderful. The idea was well worth exploring, and resulted in some lovely consonance, assonance. It also made me think about “non” anything - absence rather than presence.

    Your tanka is delightful, though difficult to read “flowers’ scent” aloud without a stumble. Could it just be “flower scent”?

  2. Rob Kistner Says:
    April 28th, 2010 at 6:43 am

    Thank you Viv for the very kind words - and it can be and is now “flower scent”… appreciate the nudge once again…
    …rob ;)

  3. Maureen Says:
    April 28th, 2010 at 7:36 am

    I enjoyed these, especially the stanzas beginning “at the realization of not-love”: you’ve captured that well.

    Your tanka has special meaning for me as I near the first anniversary of my brother’s death from cancer.

  4. Mojo Says:
    April 28th, 2010 at 8:25 am

    The scent of bittersweet clings to your tanka Rob. Impossible for it not to leave a mark.

    And that moment of not-love… yes, the stars do seem to fall. Until you realize that what you’re seeing is just their light refracted through the tears. It still doesn’t hurt any less though. Thanks for this.

  5. Dan Rako Says:
    April 28th, 2010 at 10:23 am

    So not-perfect-but-really-wonderful.

  6. Robin Says:
    April 28th, 2010 at 4:57 pm

    Enjoyed Not-Spring.

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