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And the last week of April came to a close with struggles and resolutions, some that were overturned, some that were reconfirmed. My confusion and fatigue shows in the poetry but I think it is poetry. I managed to complete the challenge, even if a day late. April 2017 was a month of 51 picture poems. That is why I
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By the third week of April, the writing fatigue started to show and I got a bit lax, skipping a few days and then binge-writing. But I pulled it off. I must add that I’ve also been doing my daily YourQuote poem in addition to these. A couple of times, I doubled up the same poem to also fit that
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The second week of April was full of deep, piercing questions on love, ownership, boundaries and shame. And it showed in verse. You can read A-H , P-V and W-Z here. I is for Indian https://www.instagram.com/p/BSqCB_vBL02/ J is for Jealous https://www.instagram.com/p/BSvAMhEhkzB/ K is for Knowing https://www.instagram.com/p/BSwM5hahr9O/ L is for L❤️ve Poem https://www.instagram.com/p/BSzCADkBUDV/ M is for Man https://www.instagram.com/p/BS4AgKXhBRe/ N is for Nightfall https://www.instagram.com/p/BS4Q1bPhITD/ O is
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I attempted NaPoWriMo, the worldwide challenge to write a poem a day and mixed it in with April A-Z. I also made every day a picture-poem. Here’s week 1. (Also read I-O, P-V and W-Z here.) A is for April Fool https://www.instagram.com/p/BSWESLFhYWt/ B is for Belief https://www.instagram.com/p/BSWSUwYhCbQ/ C is for Convenient https://www.instagram.com/p/BSa5bZEBd04/ D is for Disillusionment https://www.instagram.com/p/BSeWI41BKlx/ E is for Egg https://www.instagram.com/p/BShA5Mkhtnz/ F
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I sang today. Actually it’s the second time this week. Earlier this week, I met a friend visiting from out of town at what turned out to be a karaoke event. I sat through an hour of people rollicking in songs I did not recognize, trying hard not to feel outdated and irrelevant. And then my group picked out a
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