Posts Tagged ‘bravery’
NaPoWriMo #3 - The Leap / New Life
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, courage, photo, wisdom
This is my third post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one haiku
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…facing one’s fear…
The Leap
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she need not be frightened
she knows the moves
sees the steps
clearly in her mind
she knows the stride
the position of her body
just before elevation
she understands the speed
the run up
the lead foot
the plant angle
the knee bend
the thrust
she has done this
literally [...]
Unexpected
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, NaPoMo 2009, Poetry, courage, homage, music, mystery, wisdom
NaPoMo poem #27
This is the twenty seventh of the poems I will write this April, in honor of National Poetry Month, as proclaimed by the Academy of American Poets.
This poem is an edited rewrite of a older poem of mine and was inspired by a moving personal experience, offered here in response to the NaPoWriMo [...]
