I have realized that my best writing comes from the small, messy, and beautiful parts of my daily routine. Finding joy in these everyday moments is what truly centers me and it inspired my ars poetica today; it reminds me that poetry isn’t just something we study, but something we inhabit. It is finding a poem in a morning smile, a verse in the backyard garden, and the quiet rhythm of the everyday.
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Poetic Sundays: Poetry In the Everyday
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt looks ars poetica, aka “the art of poetry.” It’s been a tradition going all the way back to Horace for poets to write poems that lay out – whether explicitly or obliquely – some statement about why the poet writes, or what they think poetry is. Today, our challenge is to write our own ars poetica, giving the reader some insight into what keeps us writing poetry, or what we think poetry should do.
Ars Poetica: In the Everyday
See that hummingbird beckoning me
to fill its empty feeder,
that is poetry
Hear the wind whistling
around my backyard,
over the moon
there, poetry croons
Feel the warmth of a hug, a kiss,
a smile worth all the fuss
poetry is this
The stories mothers tell their children,
the tales they spin
out of books woven with childhoods
theirs, their mothers’, their grandmothers’
a tapestry of memory,
of hopes and dreams
that is poetry
Read the lines that stumble and strain,
or the ones that flow
like a creek over rock and ravine
that is poetry
Comfort food far from home
curd rice with pickles, for some
The family photo with your loved ones
here, elsewhere,
and no longer anywhere—
The door opened when your hands are full,
an empty sink and folded clothes—
that, too, is poetry
~ Vidya Tiru @ LadyInReadWrites
Recently
On My Blog and On the Home Front
These posts made their way out into the world on my blog this past week:
- V is for the Wonderful Vicinal Crabapple
- An Unforgettable Un-Night That No One Saw
- The Terrific Trials and Tales of a Tidsoptimist
- Serious Fun: On Silly Conversations with Selves
- Rainy Day Reads for Kids and Cozy Reflections
- Quiddity & Quirks: Unique Q Words and Children’s Books
- Sunday Scribblings #251: Of the Language of Backyard Blooms
On the home front, I have been by myself for most of this week, so I was catching up on school work for my credential program.
Upcoming
On My Blog & Homefront
X and Z await me this week as I get to the finish line of the month-long posting session for A-Z and NaPoWriMo as well as the UBC.
This Week’s Celebrations
Literary Celebrations (close-to-it also!)
- Literary birthdays this week include: August Wilson, Cecil Day Lewis, Mary Wollstonecraft 27th
; Harper Lee and Terry Pratchett 28th; William Randolph Hearst, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Bharathidasan on the 29th; Annie Dillard 30th April; Joseph Heller, Karen Thompson Walker on May 1st; Jerome K Jerome on the 2nd; Niccolò Machiavelli on the 3rd - It is National Tell a Story Day and Eeyore’s Birthday (my favorite character from Winnie the Pooh) on the 27th.
- Followed by National Great Poetry Reading Day on the 28th of April
- Next up is Poem In Your Pocket Day on April 29th
- While May 1st continues the poetic trend with National Mother Goose Day
- Then we have Harry Potter Day on May 2nd. Being the 1st Saturday in May, the second also observes Free Comic Book Day and National Scrapbook Day
- Followed by World Press Freedom Day on the 3rd of May
- May is Better Speech and Language Month and National Get Caught Reading Month
Foodie Celebrations
- It is National Gummi Bear Day on April 27th
- While the 28th of April is National Blueberry Pie Day
- Followed by April 30th observes National Bubble Tea Day, National Oatmeal Cookie Day, and National Raisin Day
- May begins with National Chocolate Parfait Day
- And National Truffle Day on the 2nd of May
- The 3rd of May is National Chocolate Custard Day and National Raspberry Popover Day
Other Celebrations
- April 27th is World Tapir Day and World Healing Day. It is also National Go Birding Day
- Pay it forward, and be a hero in someone’s life on the 28th, as it is Global Pay It Forward Day and National Superhero Day. It is also World Pinhole Photography Day
- It is National Peace Rose Day, International Dance Day,
We Jump The World Day, and World Wish Day on the 29th of April - While April 30th celebrates International Jazz Day, National PrepareAthon! Day, National Honesty Day, and National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day
- May 1st is May Day and Global Love Day
- And more love on the 2nd of May with Brothers and Sisters Day
- Followed by National Two Different Colored Shoes Day and National Teacher Appreciation Day on May 3rd
Wrapping Up My Sunday Scribblings
Dear reader, hope you enjoyed this post. Do let me know what you will be celebrating this week
Linking this to the Sunday Post over at the Caffeinated Reviewer and the Sunday Salon. Also linking up at UBC, NaPoWriMo
And you can find all my A-Z+ posts (this year and previous years’ as well) here:
