Nanny Days
welcome little one
messenger from the future
courier of dreams
healer of distress
bringer of joy
reminder of possibilities
keeper of time
and hearts
©2024 Noreen Braman
Friday, April 12, 2024
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
NAPOWRIMO April 9, 2024
April 9, 2024
Baby Day
This poem is more
than a mandatory verse
during a month
demanding daily lines
even when events
conspire to distract
such as happened today
commemorated here
while we wait
©2024 Noreen Braman
Monday, April 8, 2024
NAPOWRIMO April 8, 2024
In a Week of Ancient Signs
when ancestors read the signs
inherent in weather, stars and trees
an intersection of earthquake and eclipse
sent as warning to those who followed the Romans
merited fires built in secret
while today descendants with celtic blood
track the moon and tectonic plates
rationality instead of superstition
safety glasses and timetables
still
behind their eyes in their ancient brains
they remember the gods from the wood
holding their breath until the ground stops shaking
and the fire above returns
©2024 Noreen Braman
Sunday, April 7, 2024
NAPOWRIMO April 7, 2024
Burnt Offerings
incendiary words build flames
that never die down
remaining in sleeping embers
waiting only for wind and warmth
the slightest spark falling from lips
creates a conflagration
that scorches all
©2024 Noreen Braman
Birthdays Bashed
The signatory yearly event
remembrance of first breaths of life
adding up the time
congratulating achievements
and regretting missteps
especially as life lengthens the past
and reduces time for the future
so many candles reduced to ash.
©2024 Noreen Braman
NAPOWRIMO April 6,2024
Rumination on Realities
A found poem
delusional
characterized by or holding
false beliefs or judgments
about external reality
that are held despite
incontrovertible evidence to the contrary
typically
as a symptom of a mental condition
see also: gaslighting
©2024 Noreen Braman
Friday, April 5, 2024
NAPOWRIMO April 5, 2024
Tremors Unexpected
When firmaments are not firm
and stable ground turns unstable
secure houses become insecure
steady footing is suddenly unstable
as Mother Earth acts unmotherly
shaking up the unshaken
leaving predictable balance
unpredictably unbalanced.
© 2024 Noreen Braman
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