For this year’s A to Z Challenge I am posting an event involving someone in my family tree for that date. It may be a birth, a death, a christening, a journal entry, a letter or a newspaper article. If the entry is a news item, it will be transcribed immediately below. Click on photographs to enlarge in another window.
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I had a difficult time finding an item for April 29. My family seems to have skipped that date. Or perhaps just made no record of happenings. Then I remembered that for several years I have done the National/Global Poetry Writing Month along with the A to Z Challenge. There had to be some poems written on the 29th. There were. I chose the one below.
I almost forgot today's poem.
Lying in bed, writing
on my phone.
Still enough light to see the sky,
trees silhouetted.
The light from the
office reflects on the window.
I get up and snap
a photo.
Done.
Poem by Kristin Cleage April 29, 2023
Amazing what we can recall at the last minute
So true.
Do what you have to do to cover all the letters. Or in your case, all the dates 🙂
I’ve been taking notes of all the happenings this month in case I ever do this topic again!
I have never been able to write poetry. I have tried. I enjoy a few poems, but it isn’t my favorite genre. I did enjoy reading yours!!
This isn’t my best one, but it fit the bill!
Fun post and delightful poem!
I’m so glad I didn’t forget to write it!
Done! (I needed to have learned that technique this year, when every post has taken way too long!)
I think mine were mostly shorter this year. I enjoyed your longer ones.
Some letters really challenge us so you did well to come up with a solution. nearly there now.
In this case it was the dates that were more of a challenge. I can find a title starting with the letter of the day to fit.
A lovely poem and portrait
I’m looking pretty firm.
Now your poem is included in your April family happenings! I love how visual it is – I can see everything you’re “doing” in the poem and the idea of making a poem out of everyday actions like that is a great reminder to see the beauty and potential in everything.
– Allison
https://lightningflashwriting.blogspot.com/
My poems are usually about everyday things or memories. Especially when I have to write a poem everyday!
Great solution for the day’s post & a fine poem!
Thanks Jilo 🙂
I love when poetry just clicks and voila, problem solved.
Me too.
Well done. This is the first year I did the challenge of a poem a day through April (not posting them anywhere, though). I enjoyed it, although it’s a shame it’s the same month as the A to Z – my activities don’t seem to space themselves out very evenly.
I agree! Of course I could do it a different month. The prompts are up all year .
Y is sometimes harder than Q n X. This year and also last year I had the same issue. Good for you that you found such a nifty solution!
I was quite pleased!