While I already knew the word “glimmer,” I first noted its use as the opposite of a trigger last year. In this form, glimmers are small positive cues or moments that evoke feelings of safety, joy, or calm.
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All that Glimmers is…
Glimpses
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is inspired by Jean D’Amérique’s poem, “Poet, No Thanks,” where repeats the phrase “I wasn’t a poet” multiple times, while describing other things that he instead claims to have been. So, in our poem for today, we have to use a simple phrase repeatedly, and then make statements that invert or contradict that phrase.
Glimmers of Yes
I wonder if I am really where I am meant to be…
I wear confidence like borrowed shoes.
My shadow walks a step ahead, pretending to be me.
My doubt whispers louder than their silence.
I wonder if I am really where I am meant to be…
Even as rain pours down on bright blue, cloudless days.
Even as doors I never knocked on open.
Even as coins keep clinking to sevens—though I never play.
I wonder if I am really where I am meant to be…
When a parent’s voice softens around my name.
When a child’s arms arrive before words do.
When love finds me without asking for directions.
I wonder if I am really where I am meant to be…
My heart smiles—even as my body screams so silently.
My mind relishes the challenge—even as it overwhelms me.
Who shouldn’t, couldn’t have said yes—did so anyway.
I wonder if I am really where I am meant to be…
Though my heart keeps answering quietly: yes.
Though the path keeps forming exactly where I step.
Though the impossible keeps mispronouncing itself as real.
And still, every doubt hands me proof
That I keep showing up,
That I am exactly here…
~ Vidya Tiru @ LadyInReadWrites
G is for ….
And below is my ‘G’ word poem, bringing you a great many of them that are sure to make you giggle, grin, or at least feel like a glimmer of something good!
Glimmer in Her Gowpen
The instructions left were pure griffonage.
“Gadzooks,” she breathed—no spark of rage,
Just puzzled quiet to shift the page.
Perhaps just godwottery lingered there—
No secret spell, nor hidden treasure,
No whispered map in ink’s despair.
She drew a breath, let it gently flow,
Smoothed her glabella’s thoughtful furrow,
Lowered her gaze to her hands’ soft hollow.
There, in the cradle her gowpen made,
A glimmer stirred that would not fade—
So small, yet outshining all that doubt had said.
So quick as thought, yet calm and sure,
She set a grommet to make it secure,
And hope, once fleeting, grew firm – endured.
~ Vidya Tiru @ LadyInReadWrites
- Griffonage – Careless or messy handwriting; scribbles that only the writer can read.
- Gowpen – The hollow formed by cupping two hands together, like a little bowl.
- Glimmer – A faint or small shining light; a tiny spark of hope or magic.
- Gadzooks – An old-fashioned exclamation of surprise or amazement (like “Wow!” or “Goodness!”).
- Godwottery – Nonsense, silliness, or trivial things; playful foolishness.
- Grommet – A small ring or eyelet used to reinforce a hole, often in fabric or metal.
- Glabella – The smooth area of skin between your eyebrows, just above the nose.
Good, No, Great ‘G’ Books
- Great Morning! – Uplifting poems designed to energize and inspire school communities.
- Girls on the Rise – Real stories of girls growing into their power and purpose.
- Green Promises – A hopeful call to care for our planet through small, meaningful actions.
- Great Gusts – A fascinating look at winds around the world and the science behind them.
- Galápagos: Islands of Change – A vivid exploration of evolution and life in a unique ecosystem.
- Good Different – A heartfelt story about embracing what makes us uniquely ourselves.
- The Ghostly Carousel – Playful, spooky poems that are more delightful than frightful.
- Girls and Trees
- The Girl Who Became a Tree by Abigail Austin
- The Girl Who Could Speak to the Trees
- The Girl Who Became a Tree: A Story Told in Poems by Joseph Coelho and Kate Milner
And Now, the End of This Post
Dear reader, which of the featured words, books, poems are your favorite today? Also, do share your favorite ‘g’ word and/or glimmer moment in the comments! Let’s collect these tiny yeses together.
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