Leap of Dave: P is for Poet

Monday, April 21, 2025

P is for Poet

My A to Z Challenge Theme this year is the ABC's of me. Each day in the month of April with the exception of Sundays I will be posting about one aspect of my life that begins with the letter of the day.

It's time for some A to Z catch-up. , I am currently 2 posts behind. The next letter is P so let's get right to it shall we?

A was for Amateur Parodist

B was for Blogger

C was for Christian

D was for David Davidovich

E was for Evangelical Sans the Trump Kool-Aid

F was for Father of 3 Adult Children

G was for Giraffe Lover

H was for Husband of One Amazing Wife

I was for Iguchi Appreciator

J was for Jester

K was for Kindergarten Clear

L was for Library Lover

M is for Muppet Man

N was for Narnian

O was for Optimist

P is for Poet

They say beggars can't be choosers. I think the same logic applies to people who are behind on their assignments. Instead of not being choosers, we can't be perfectionists.

So I'm just making a pastiche of some examples of my poetry for today's post. If it's been on my blog or appeared somewhere else before I am also providing a link.

In 2023 and 2024 I participated in the Kid Lit Progressive Poems as part of the celebration of April as National Poetry Month. A progressive poem is ehre several poets take turns writing a line for that day's part of the poem. I have included the 2023 poem in it's entirety with my contributions are in bold/

Raindrops, Moonseeds, and Dreams

Suddenly everything fell into place

like raindrops hitting soil and sinking in.

When morning first poked me, I’d wished it away

my mind in the mist, muddled, confused. \

Was this a dream or reality, rousing my response?

The sun surged, urging me to join in its rising,

Rising like a crystal ball reflecting on morning dew.

I jumped out of bed, ready to explore the day.

My feet pulled me outside and into the garden

Where lilies and bees weave…but wait! What’s that?

A bevy of bunnies jarted and darted and played in the clover.

A dog barked and flash, the bunderstorm is over.

I breathed-brave, quiet. Like a seed,

as the day, foretold in my dream, ventured upon me.

Sunbeams guided me to the gate overgrown with wisteria

where I spotted the note tied to the gate.

As I reached the gnarled gate, pollen floated like fairy dust into my face. Aaah Choo!

Enter, if you must. We’ve been waiting for you.

Not giving the curious note a thought, I pushed the gate open and ran through.

Stopped in my tracks, eyes wide in awe—can this really be true?

Huge mushrooms for tables, vines twined into chairs,

A flutter of fairies filled flowery teawares

With glazed nut cakes and apple blossom tea,

I heard soft whispers from behind a tree. Oh my! They had been “waiting for me!”

Still brave, but cautious, I waited for them.

Forested friends filled the glade. “You’ve arrived! Let the reverie begin!”

I laughed as my bare feet danced across the dew-soaked grass,

matching the beat of paws, claws, and wings—around me, above me.

Tea cakes and hugs, twice all around, then silly games and races ’til the sun slid down,

Moon shared a warm wink, and showered moon-seeds over earth’s precious ground.

A few years ago I did a holiday poetry reading for Christmas. Here is the you tube video ...

Last Year for the Q day if the challenge, I wrote a poem: \

According to Merriam Webster, A quatrain is a unit or group of four lines of verse. I have decided to write the heart of my A to Z post in quatrains today. I am following an ABCB rhyme scheme

My A to Z Q Post

The A to Z Challenge

Is a big to do

Each year I struggle

As I get to Q

My theme this year

Has been Holidays

I've tried to approach it

In some different ways

Each Day, save Sunday

Calendars I consult

And search for Holidays

That I can exult

When I find the occasion

That I like better

I match the event

With that day's letter

For example April 2nd

Was Children's Book Day

B is for Book

I put on display

On the days of the alphabet

That start with A, E, I, O or U

I created my own holiday

Don't ask Y, but it's true

Today's Holiday

Wasn't hard to find

It was Poetry

And the creative mind

But how would that match

With the letter Q?

I just scribbled out some

Quatrains for you

This has been Poetry Friday

And Also A to Z

Thanks ever so much

for joining me.

I am not entirely a rhyming poet. I think all of my poems referenced here do rhyme. I did do an Acrostic poem for O in this years challenge and while that did not rhyme it did follow a pattern.

SO to end this post I'll just jot some unrhymed lines and see if later I can make something more of it.

Twisting and turning

The parade passed through

An optical illusion or a deliberate lie

A furtive glance of desperation

Ignorance of the truth

disdain for the needy

The I doesn't see

That the me is beside myself

in myopic misery

A buffet of brutality

with extra helpings of apathy