NovPAD 2025 Week 1

Poems of Creation

For the third year in a row, I’m participating in the November Poem A Day (NovPAD) challenge hosted by the Poetry Pub Writing Community. Writing prompts are provided for each day around the theme, which for this year is: Poems of Creation.

Now that we’re seven days into the month, I’ve got a few new poems under my belt to share. Which I will do here on a weekly basis. Here’s a selection from the week past:

Prompt #1: Beginning / Birth

BUT WAIT…

Before we make, we must
let there be light, to reveal
what is to be made;

give thanks for the gravity
that keeps our sub-creations
grounded;

call all our angels
as witnesses 
to the making

and make the coffee
(or tea) as the case may be
to light the fire within.

But wait, there’s more! We
must line up our tools of
creation – neatly;

vacuum up the dust
of past attempts; throw laundry
in the dryer;

call Mom, call Dad,
call brother Dan;
sing Danny Boy twice;

cross one’s self thrice;
breathe in four, hold seven,
out eight.

Okay. 
Now:
Let’s go!

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Prompt #2: Spark

COOKING WITH GAS

Tick tick whoosh, the soft
sigh of sulfur, a spark, then flame:
immediate

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Prompt #3: Breeze

A PRAYER FOR STUCK CREATIVES

Let this be easy – 
a breeze that shakes loose those 
last November leaves

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Prompt #4: Seed

IMAGINE THAT

Funny how the seed
looks nothing like the tree – such
possibility!

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Prompt #5: Rain

APPLAUSE

Here’s to rain on a
metal rooftop – a thousand
angels applauding

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