Xix xix xix

[Dunc]

XIX XIX XIX : The rumba of the beets ─ alluding, of course, to this, my 19th NaPo.
Except that now, dozily, belatedly, I twig this is my 20th NaPo, and it should be XX XX XX, though everyone would think that was a beer ad.


01 On Being an April Fool
02 Homer
03 Blackberries
04 Scandian Ode
05 The Higher Mathematick
06 The Lost Words
07 A version of Rimbaud's Ophélie
08 A Better Sequel
09 Loose Cogs
10 The Last Pair
11 At the Finish
12 Optional Compulsory Cat Poem
13 At a Premium
14 From The Somonyng of Everyman
15 Traditional Poem for the Half-Way Point 2024
16 Anyone for Tennyson?
17 An Evening
18 Lament
19 Trakl in Autumn (1) ─ Transfigured Autumn
20 Trakl in Autumn (2) ─ Decay
21 From the Waste Paper Basket
22 Train Window
23 Upon my Oath
24 Unfixity
25 Anzac Day 2024
26 In Secret
27 To Henrietta Leavitt
28 Last Chapter
29 Me and Gough
30 April the Last


  

[avalanche]

Noice....

[Mike M]

Happy nineteenth!

[Andrea345]

... and that is why no one here has ever once implied that you are sane. LOL

[prokopton]

Once more with feelings,
Nothing more than feelings
Wo-o-o, yeah

[Dunc]

Avalanche, andrea, mike, Gefof

Why, thank you for your kind welcome!

Regards / Dunc

[Dunc]

2024 April 1



On being an April Fool

Written 2024 Mar 20 in Sydney, Australia


Today’s the autumn equinox,
overcast, windy; I wore a coat.

I have donned nor coat nor sweater,
not slept by doona, rug or blanket
since two weeks shy of half a year,

a fact that scares me all to hell.


  

[Featherless Biped]

And here I am antipodally looking forward to spring! Stay warm, friend. I have been under doonas and such for the past six months, but haven’t heard the word “doona” in a while.

It’s good to see you here again!

[Janelo]

You had me at X, Dunc.

But what a first poem.

Hope it’s not too warm for a virtual hug.

[vmh]

Glad you see you here, Dunc. A Napo essential!

I like how you show what your worries are without saying them outright but we still know.

Also, doona is new to me.

Vicky

[larryrap]

Dunc! The elements should be afraid of you not vice versa.

[Dunc]

Sarah ─ Thanks for your kind words! Should I chance to be in the UK, of course the Coldest Flat Ever is on my bucket list. Especially with y Mynydd Du thrown in.

Yo, Blythe!

Jee ─ A serious Fool? Oh a private buffoon / is a lighthearted loon, as Gilbert said to Sullivan, but didn't mention anything about 30 days.

Neil ─ Let's see what winter can do ─ other than storms and floods, of course.

SPS ─ Thanks - but whether I manage hot or just cold, it'll be what it'll be.

Louisa ─ Out on the moor? From the hag and hungry goblin / That into rags would rend ye / The spirit that stands by the naked man / In the Book of Moons defend ye, I take it?

Yo, Gofef! Yes, I don't mind a bit of cold in winter, though as you know, moderation in all things is my byword.

Ray! A delight to see you here! Welcome back indeed! Pull up a pen and make yourself famous just as before!

Jane, me dear, may we each have a grand April!

Vicky ─ not to know what a doona is? I'm shocked, shocked, as Claude Rains put it.

Larry ─ Greetings, greetings! May April be a month of found harmonies!


My gratitude to you all.

Regards / Dunc

[Dunc]

2024 April 2



Homer

The Iliad was such a hit
the Odyssey soon followed it,
though titled when it first was new
Troy Story II.


  

[Emily Bronte]

19 years strong!

NaPo just wouldn't be the same if you weren't here.

Mari.

[Dunc]

Thanks, Emily

Time hath sewn a grizzle on my case, and it's actually NaPo 20 for me, but hey, who's counting?

Regards / Dunc