Poets of April

Today I offer inspiration from poets born in April.

"A fresh and vigorous weed, always renewed and renewing, it will cut 

its wondrous way through rubbish and rubble." William Jay Smith

"More matter with less art" Hamlet ~ William Shakespeare

"One can live without having survived." Carolyn Forche

"To write a blues song is to regiment riots and pluck gems from graves."

     ~ Etheridge Knight

“You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.”  ― Annie Dillard

Let these quotes lead to poetry. You can choose any form, or no form at all. I also used photos I felt worked with the quotes. You can draw inspiration from them also. I am including the license information from Pexels which applies to each image

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Waiting for...........

Image copyrighted: Isadora Gruye Photography

Hiya Garden Dwellers, Izy here to kick off week two of our poems in April prompt-a-thon. And of course…my prompt will bring you a little out of the standard.

Waiting for                                    

This prompt at face value may seem simple. 

Write a poem about waiting, but don’t tell us what you’re waiting for in the poem. There are so many possibilities, which one will you not tell us about? 

That's it. The platform is yours. The mic is warm.

Keep in mind

Like every challenge, your poem must by newly written and not one which you have previously written which conveniently fits the theme.

So go now, my muddy buddies, and bring us back something shiny and new.