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Author: Nupur Maskara
NaPoWriMo Day 17: Obsolete Tech
My floppy disks Held all I held dear My writing, recipe for beer I can’t read them anymore I don’t remember either what’s on them Makes me wonder Should we hold on to possessions?...
NaPoWriMo Day 16: An Avalanche of Niceness
You rock Also avalanche Crush me with niceness Make me want to better You. Impossible. I like being flattened With your love. I’m all Warmed up. Here’s the prompt. Here’s another poem.
NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 15: Inspired by Pink Floyd
As we adjust To the new normal Some pushing Some giving way All online though Weee Have become Uncomfortably numb We dare not think What will happen If our old normal Disappears. Survival of...
NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 14: Penelope
It little profits that an idle queen Match’d with an aged hubby, I meet and dole Unequal laws to savage twins, That hoard pacifiers Eat not or sleep And know not me. I cannot...
NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 13: Stolen
Lifted cupcakes on a school trip From a shop in Kathmandu Just to see if we could. We could. I wouldn’t today Knowing they’d suffer Thanks to Covid. Here’s the prompt. Here’s another poem.
NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 12: A Triolet on Facebooking in the Time of Corona
Scrolling through my Facebook feed Takes my mind off Corona It’s just something I need Scrolling though my Facebook feed My social fix is what I greed Of mental illness it’s the seed Scrolling...
NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 11: Flowers Powerless
Roses are red To me, feel dead. What I want is a fresher Stand-in for you, lover. Here’s the prompt. I was never a flower person. I like them more now, but I’m keener...
NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 10: Hay(na)ku
Home Besieged castle Dying of boredom Here’s the prompt. I like writing short poems, but ironically I found myself wanting to write more here! Oh well. Here’s another poem.
NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 9: Two Parallelograms Poem
Boredom Not easy to kill Formatting Helps time fill. My first shape poem, thanks to the NaPoWriMo prompt. Couldn’t get the formatting right in text here (yes, that’s ironical) so I’ve uploaded a picture...