POETRY FOR 30 DAYS IN APRIL DAY 6

Project Details Hello friend, I am Timothy Kimo Brien, head instigator at Create Art Podcast where we help you to tame the inner critic and create more than we consume. Every year in April National Poetry Writing Month occurs, this is a challenge to write 30 poems in 30 days and comes from the NaPoWriMo site. When you participate you are given a prompt every day for 30 days and you can choose to follow the prompt or not. Each prompt has a commentary with it and a style of poetry that you may not be familiar with. I enjoy it because it stretches my creative muscles and helps me organize my thoughts. I also really enjoy a good challenge. There is also an opportunity to read other people's work as they post on their websites and for you to comment on their work, giving them encouragement or offering a suggestion. Care to join me on this journey? Day 6 Prompt Finally, here’s our daily (optional) prompt. Our prompt yesterday asked you to take inspiration from another poem, and today’s continues in the same vein. This prompt, which comes from Holly Lyn Walrath, is pretty simple. As she explains it here: Go to a book you love. Find a short line that strikes you. Make that line the title of your poem. Write a poem inspired by the line. Then, after you’ve finished, change the title completely. I encourage you to read Walrath’s full post, which has some other ideas for generating new poems based on pre-existing text. I used the Tao Te Ching 72nd verse Hence the sage knows himself but does not display himself, loves himself but does not exalt himself. Day 6 Poem Hence the sage knows himself but does not display himself, loves himself but does not exalt himself/ Tao Te Ching verse 72 To know is to love   If it takes a lifetime To look up from the page And receive the inspiration To describe what these eyes have seen Is that failure Follow a path How do you know that the path Will lead to a desired destination Will the footsteps imprinted in the freshly fallen snow Lead to home Or the jaws of the leopard Does the feeling of certainty Come with a written guarantee Reviewed by lawyers and philosophers Or is it just a chemical imbalance That caused visions from the afflicted And led nations to kneel A preference of quietude Acceptance that the ending is unknown Undetermined That the accepted good May just be the most insidious evil Cloaked in the mindless praises Of those who wished to be fooled Of those who must always be on the side of right Rather than common good If the utmost wish is to see the wonders of life Lift up the eyes from behind the page Put down the pen Forget waiting on inspiration Open the eyes and see The answers are simpler And visible Than what the stories of old have told Reaching Out To reach out to me, email [email protected] I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and lets start that conversation. Email: [email protected] YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod Mighty Networks: Create Art Podcast This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy