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Theme:Time Wrote this for a 21 day sync challenge. Today i was just supposed to pick a theme but when I picked the theme of time the poem just came to me and for the chorus part I used an old lyric I wrote a long time ago that was just Here and Now...

all we have is the here and now, you see I'm talking in present tense....all we have is the here and now...so let's take it and live it the best way we can....I had that part and even a melody for it I still have that tune in my head after all these years...we are talking decades ago...just never got around to writing verses for it til today...anyway the theme is time and the lyrics just came along with the theme...

wrote this one a couple of months ago but hadn't shared it online...didn't wanna lose it...I am pretty sure it was when I was watching  13 Reasons Why on Netflix....I often get inspired to write a poem while watching a movie or show...gotta love that pause button...I can go write my poem before i lose it and then get back to where I left off whatever inspired me to write...

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Realistic Poetry post on twitter....Describe poetry in only one sentence. Most poets can't do this. Can you? I started out with only two words....emotional exposition....then went back and said I guess that isn't really a sentence so how bout this....Emotional exposition seems to be the mission.

wrote this on 11-17-2016 when I went to see a new polar bear at Lincoln Park Zoo and my timing was off...apparently he is very active early in the morning and then goes inside and sleeps so I missed him but he inspired this poem and I went back a couple of weeks later and got some great youtube video of him already in his pool splashing around....He inspired a second poem also posted here Sequel to Seeking Siku A.K.A. Siku Found Splashing Around....  https://youtu.be/8MfUeVpQh1c

wrote this poem upon learning of the death of my dad on 12/13/17...don't get me wrong...he was always there for me whenever I needed help and I appreciated that...but for some reason we just got on each other's nerves all the time...it was hard to spend any time with him feeling that type of tension...when my mom was alive and he answered the phone I would always say Hi is mom there? never Hi how are you or any attempt to start any conversation with him...I could talk on the phone with my mom for hours and then after hanging up call her back cuz I forgot to tell her something....where with my dad I never had much to say or talk about with him...weird...uncomfortable...after my mom died it was always so hard to go by him cuz I missed her so much...He had lots of health issues over the past few years he was more in and out of the hospital or rehab than at home...he really went through a lot..may he rest in peace...and hopefully be reunited with those who passed before him...

I was just thinking about this artist whose music I really love but he seems to always play in a club with a dress code and I am not into those....so it inspired me to write this poem....thanks tyDi...or the place with the dress code that keeps me away....ha ha..oh ya the standing room only is another problem for me....I need someplace to sit but that could be another poem maybe...hmmmm

2016 April PAD Challenge: Day 13

By: Robert Lee Brewer | April 13, 2016 | 

For today’s prompt, take the phrase “Last (blank),” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write...

Last Word #aprpad

2016 April PAD Challenge: Day 1

By: Robert Lee Brewer | April 1, 2016

Here we are: Day 1 of the 2016 April PAD Challenge. Time to poem! But first, I just want to remind folks that it’s great to share your poems in the comments; just make sure you save a copy somewhere else too. While it hasn’t happened in a few years, there’s always the chance some kind of techno-hiccup makes your poem disappear…forever. It’s even happened to me. So poem, but make sure your only copy isn’t on this site. Second, folks who want to share and discuss on Twitter, use the hashtag #aprpad (short for April Poem-A-Day Challenge). And now, let’s poem! It’s time, right?

For today’s prompt, write a foolish poem. It’s April Fool’s Day, after all. Let’s loosen up today with a poem in which we’re fools, others are fools, or there’s some kind of prank or tomfoolery happening. Fool around with it a while.

2016 April PAD Challenge: Day 2

By: Robert Lee Brewer | April 2, 2016

The 2016 April PAD Challenge shuffles along to Day 2. Let’s unwrap today’s prompt.

For today’s prompt, write a what he said and/or what she said poem. Maybe he or she said a rumor; maybe he or she gave directions; or maybe he or she said something that made absolutely no sense at all. I don’t know what they said; rather, each poet is tasked with revealing that knowledge.