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Ugh. Some days it’s hard to get anything done… today was one of those days. I chose to do a nonet which is a poem that begins with a 9 syllable line and each proceeding line has one less syllable until the 9th line which is one syllable. It seems like it should be easy, right?

Not so much. For today:

Untitled Nonet

He saw his future there in her eyes
clear skies and sunny afternoons
walking along mountain trails
dancing in the starlight
always arm in arm
until the day
she left him
alone
done.

©2021 Tim Geoghegan

Cheers!

Well… That’s about the end of it. I hope you enjoyed some of these. I’ll decide what to do next shortly. You can expect a post at least once a week, maybe more.

So, tonight I finish the challenge with this:

Writing 
 new poems
 all this month.
 
 It has been
 a challenge
 daily,
 
 but 
 I think
 it went well.
 
 Some folks commented
 others just 
 read.
 
 Regardless
 I’ll likely
 do it again,
 
 Or maybe I’ll
 just keep 
 writing.
 
 I 
 hope you
 will stay tuned.
 
 Please go subscribe
 if you
 haven’t.
 
 Wishing
 you a 
 Happy New Year.
 
 Thanks for coming
 along with
 me.

Copyright ©2019 Tim Geoghegan, all rights reserved.

Cheers!

Samonka is a poem that combines two tankas written as love letters to each other. It’s sort of like a call and response I suppose. Perhaps an hour isn’t enough time to really get into these. I think it would be especially interesting if friends or lovers wrote a Samonka together…

Here’s what I got all by my lonesome:

Would you still love me
 If I couldn’t remember
 who you are to me
 and sat talking about things
 that have no significance?
 

 I will love you, Dear…
 no matter the circumstance.
 I know who you are
 when all else is uncertain.
 I know that you have loved me.

Copyright ©2019 Tim Geoghegan, all rights reserved.

Cheers.

After a year(ish) hiatus… I’m back, just in time for December Dailies. For December, I’ll be writing a poem (or something) each day. I hope you will enjoy and participate. I am working on the blog pages and appearance as I have time so things may change here and there… Let me know if there is something missing or if you see an error… I’ll fix it.