Last day of April poems and thank you!

Day 30: I cannot believe it's here! Today is a free day to write on whatever we want. I just want to thank everyone who read and commented on my work. Your support gave me the push I needed to complete this challenge. Thanks to Poetic Asides and Writing Vein Playground and most especially to Read Write Poem for the various prompts. This has been a month to remember and I hope to keep poeming from time to time on this blog. A special thanks to National Poetry Month for making April such a magical time(:

A few poems today--the first loosely based on the RWP perfection prompt:

Perfect Insomnia

In the darkest hours of morning

those yet to be born

whisper in your beloved's breaths.

You count how many times

your heart beats

between the plaintive queries

of an owl.

A far off train's call takes you back

to wide awake childhood nights

safe under soft heavy blankets

watching the shadows

of passing cars on the wall.

You amble among more memories

as though on a walk in the woods,

finding daisies and bird feathers,

arrowheads and volcanic glass.

Seeing the clock numbers change

is like being able to time your wishes

to falling stars.

Your eyes do not feel heavy

until sunlight pierces

the slit between the curtains.

Only then do you surrender

to dreams.

And a haiku:

At the Museum

Cracked clay bowls, knives, combs

Still speak of people long gone

Dust under our feet

A cleave:

Awoken

Looking back I hear

So many words

magical spells whispered

being softly

awoken spoken

invoked truth

And an acrostic:

THANKS!

Thirty days of poetry cannot begin to say

How fun it's been to write and play

All of April has gone so fast

Now it's time to wrap up this last

Kick the cobwebs off the book

So farewell Napowrimo, so glad you took!