POETRY MONTH DAY 10 — SEVEN AFFIRMATIONS DURING COVID

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NaPoWriMo today would have us behave thusly:

"Today’s prompt (optional, as always) is another one from the archives, first suggested to us by long-time Na/GloPoWriMo participant Vince Gotera. It’s the hay(na)ku). Created by the poet Eileen Tabios and named by Vince, the hay(na)ku is a variant on the haiku. A hay(na)ku consists of a three-line stanza, where the first line has one word, the second line has two words, and the third line has three words. You can write just one, or chain several together into a longer poem. For example, you could write a hay(na)ku sonnet, like the one that Vince himself wrote back during NaPoWriMo 2012!"

I sat outside for a bit this afternoon. It was a gorgeous day.

—oh yeah, I can show you! 

Late in the afternoon we had another family Zoom get-together. Baby's getting big. So good to see everyone.

Kiisa and Sisu, not practicing social distancing

So I've spent the entire day sorting out reading poems, videoing same, and now (still) getting them into Dropbox. I'm so done. So in response to today's prompt, this is all I've got, the majority of which were written when I was outside. 

Seven Affirmations During Covid

Friday

Good Friday

not so good

Neighbours

don't remember

the lovely horses

Is 

joy still 

possible, months later

Trees

still hung

with Christmas balls

Sun 

eats up

the last snow

Leaves

he rakes

blow across yard

Listen

there's music

in your life

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