NaPoWriMo Day 13

Good morning and welcome to day thirteen of NaPoWriMo.

Itâ€™s Friday the 13th â€” spooky! Donâ€™t let it through you off your poetic stride! Maybe 13 will turn out to be your lucky number.

It is spooky because both NaPoWriMo and Mindful Poetry asked us to write a ghazal today. Of course I had to have some fun. Here is to lucky thirteen.

Lucky Thirteen

A sense of foreboding to number thirteen
if it lands on a Friday, beware of thirteen.

Â Steer clear of black cats, ladders and mirrors
to be safe on this day numbered thirteen.

Â April is here and poets will glean
verses and script in spite of thirteen.

Â An iceberg tore a hole through Titanic
sunkÂ in the oceanÂ two days after thirteen.

Â When rhyming is hard try not to panic
and you wonâ€™t fallÂ prey to number thirteen.

NaPoWriMo said to write a ghazal
Mindful Poetry did as well â€“ Itâ€™s lucky thirteen!

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JOHN BECK Apr 13, 2012, 2:39pm UTC

Fun, Veronica. It deviates from the classical ghazal in that the lines are not all of uniform length, but you got the idea.

Veronica Hosking Apr 13, 2012, 2:57pm UTC

Yes, I made the last line 13 syllables on purpose. I said I had some fun with it. ;)

JOHN BECK Apr 13, 2012, 3:24pm UTC

I count 11,12; 10,10; 9,9; 10,11; 10,10; 10,13.

Veronica Hosking Apr 13, 2012, 3:28pm UTC

Yes, I was working on 10 but decided to just have fun and end in 13.

JOHN BECK Apr 13, 2012, 3:32pm UTC

Thirteen in each line would have been cool!

Veronica Hosking Apr 13, 2012, 3:39pm UTC

I may try revising it later, John. One of the reasons I like NaPoWriMo, you have pieces to work on you may not have written otherwise. Poems are rarely left untouched after I first post them.

Veronica Hosking Apr 13, 2012, 5:53pm UTC

Okay here is the revised ghazal.

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Janet "Jax" B. Apr 13, 2012, 3:17pm UTC

My comment just got lost in GAther space....grr.

How fun! Reading some of these will hopefully give me some ideas. Today's been a very behind day for me...I need to shower before Angela gets home from school in 20 min. LOL

Veronica Hosking Apr 13, 2012, 3:25pm UTC

Lol! I've had days when I don't make it into the shower before the girls come home. And I know how you feel about comments. Gather ate three of mine yesterday, fingers crossed today.

Veronica Hosking Apr 13, 2012, 3:52pm UTC

Jax, have you noticed if your comments that disappear show up on your feed? I had to write a comment to John twice, only one posted, but both of them are in my feed on my profile page. Gather glitches.

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Len Maxwell Apr 13, 2012, 3:30pm UTC

That is very cool. I'm not superstitious, but I've had three really nasty things happen to me on Firday the 13th.

Thanks for sharing with The Triple Name Club.

Veronica Hosking Apr 13, 2012, 3:40pm UTC

I don't recall having any problems on a Friday the 13th. And this one proved to be lucky so far.

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 13, 2012, 11:51pm UTC

I suppose Len grows a nice, thick coat on Firday. I'd stay away from him, too!

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libramoon .. Apr 13, 2012, 3:52pm UTC

Now April '12 is 13ing
Do we dread it's tradition, meaning?
Do we count on calendars of old
or live the legends Crowley sold?
Modern monsters, crass and mean
don't wait to pounce for day 13.

Veronica Hosking Apr 13, 2012, 3:57pm UTC

True misfortune does not keep to a calendar. Still when you realize the Costa Concordia ran aground Friday January 13th it makes you go hmm...

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A. F. Stewart Apr 13, 2012, 4:05pm UTC

I've always liked Friday the 13th, and I like your poem.

Veronica Hosking Apr 13, 2012, 4:24pm UTC

I don't pay much mind to the 13th landing on a Friday. It's still TGIF to me.

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Katryn D. Apr 13, 2012, 6:55pm UTC

Callisto was born on a Friday the 13th...of course they are lucky days :)

Veronica Hosking Apr 13, 2012, 7:00pm UTC

How is your Callisto free weekend shaping up?

Veronica Hosking Apr 13, 2012, 7:03pm UTC

Apparently it's lucky for Rachael too. She was asked out on her first date today.

Katryn D. Apr 13, 2012, 7:06pm UTC

no Callie or Sean...it's just me all weekend :)

tell Rachael she's too young to date

Veronica Hosking Apr 13, 2012, 7:47pm UTC

*shrug* she's cleaning my house like a girl on a mission. If I knew boys would have this affect, I may have pushed them on her sooner.

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Atticus *. Apr 13, 2012, 9:47pm UTC

Luck is in the eye of the beholder. Fun poem. Very nice Veronica.

Veronica Hosking Apr 13, 2012, 9:49pm UTC

Thank you. I enjoyed yours, showing the tie between tides and emotions. Well done.

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Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 13, 2012, 11:53pm UTC

Witty again, I see! And I thought the lines were close enough to be of "similar length." Just sayin'

You’ve taken the challenge with success. Now appearing on the pages of Mindful Poetry.

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