To find your horizon,
you must lose
sight of the shore.
To lose sight of the shore,
you must find
the ocean,
and to find the ocean
you must dream
of a stream
that fills your head
with fizzing and chattering
as it bubbles up,
and then follow that stream
until it forms a river,
that strengthens and flows
through hills and valleys,
past villages and towns,
forever flowing down
to the shore and the ocean
and the sun on the horizon.
Kim M. Russell, 30th April 2021
Image by Josh Withers on Unsplash
My response to NaPoWriMo Day Thirty
I can’t believe we’ve reached the end of NaPoWriMo, still sane and writing poems! But it’s not goodbye. We know where we all are, and we’ll be back for more prompts next year – and we have tomorrow’s wrap-up post to look forward to.
Our final challenge is based on a prompt written by Jacqueline Saphra, and challenges us to poems in the form of a series of directions describing how a person should get to a particular place. It could be real, imaginary or an unreal place, like ‘the bottom of your heart’ or ‘where missing socks go’. We should fill our poems with sensory details and make them as wild or intimate as we like.
writing in north norfolk 
I must go down to the sea again,
to the lonely sea and the sky;
I left my shoes and socks there –
I wonder if they’re dry?
Spike Milligan
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Oy. Way to close out the month, KR. Smooth flow and a brilliant horizonal sun. Thanks for April.
I’ll see you around (thank Goodness!)
Write on!
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Right back to you, Ron!😊
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Thank you for leading the way.
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A circuitous journey, so well expressed. Wow. The end of April. What will we do for an encore? Smiles.
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Writers ‘ Pantry!
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What a splendid journey you’ve taken us on with this lovely poem.
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Thank you for coming along with me, Marilyn.
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“and to find the ocean
you must dream
of a stream”
So simple and yet such impact. Lovely, all of it. All well.
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Thank you so much for reading and commenting.
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