NaPoWriMo #21: “The Score” by Maggie McGinity

“The Score
By Maggie McGinity

Give us some time
Or give us some room
We don’t know the lines
And we’re going on soon

One measly credit
Should almost subsist
Not demand
Every hour like this

Only one thing
Oh just one thing more
Till they’ve taken everything
Every second in your store

Twelve sounded good
Now I realized I’ve misunderstood
I wouldn’t recommend four
Plus one-two more

You don’t know the score”

Quote:

“Now it’s just too late and
We can’t go back
I’m sorry
I can’t be perfect”

-“Perfect” by Simple Plan

NaPoWriMo #20: “Summer Day” by Maggie McGinity

A very important day on which I realized I actually needed to assemble a present, though at least I was present.

“Summer Day
By Maggie McGinity

Summer day
Almost yesterday
Now it’s gone away
Darkening the skies
Walked this way
Into this cafe
Comfortable on time
Here and now to find
Everyday this rhyme, my
Someday, after all that time

And it’s nice, a chunk of
Reality where
Everything’s in line

Made up presto, looked up pesto
And nothing else
Down and up the stairs and ramps
Every little step helps

Four times, the root beers
Over hopes and dreams and fears
Reverence, rememberance and dears

Silence can speak volumes, but
Hearing you
Answered many curiosities
Ringing through my philosophies.
I’m glad for 1 p.m.
Now and again
Getting to talk with my best friend.”

Quote:

“Two sips of whiskey in the flask but I’m not gonna drink ’em
I swear I’ll make it last
Til we’re drinking out of the same glass again

And though the sand may be washed by the sea
And the old will be lost in the new
Well four will not wait for three
For three never waited for two
And though you will not wait for me
I’ll wait for you”
-“Patient Love” by Passenger

NaPoWriMo #19: “Tired” by Maggie McGinity

“Tired
By Maggie McGinity

Told me to write another rhyme
I told him that I’m tired
Red and bloodshot are my
Eyes, and really it’s no surprise
Dead and gone, the free time has expired”

Quote:

“A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.”
-“The Use of Life” by John Lubbock

NaPoWriMo #18: “Limbo” by Maggie McGinity

“Limbo
By Maggie McGinity

Should I be relieved?
Should I be disappointed?
Did I ever believe
I’d ever be appointed?

Limbo
Could suit me quite well for awhile
But it doesn’t go
With our usual style

I’m starting to fantasize about leaving
Taking all my things
They wouldn’t miss me
But the structure I bring

I’m starting to dream about running away
But away isn’t where I want to stay
No, not far away
It might be easier if I were a stray
But I’m not
At the strangest time
Every I wanted, I got

I’d like to walk and talk along new streets
But I don’t know where on Earth we could meet

Although limbo
Could suit me quite well for awhile
It doesn’t go
With our usual style

I’m scared that I’ve done the math wrong
And I’m scared of my own siren song
I’m scared misguided loyalty
Will take me away from me
I’m scared of connections I leave behind
I’m scared of notes and I’m scared of rhymes
I just want to be gone, I just want to be free
I just want you there with me”

Quote:

“She took a step and didn’t want to take any more, but she did.”
-“The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak

NaPoWriMo #17: “Down Court” by Maggie McGinity

A bit behind on the poeming, but I should be caught up by Wednesday.

“Down Court
By Maggie McGinity

Drove down for two hours
Again in this place
Nostalgia holds powers
Can’t be reasoned or reckoned with
Every myth gains rapid pace

Coming back is strange
Looking at the changes
And what stays the same
Someday I’ll lose sight of this game
Someday this’ll just be a name.”

Quote:

“No matter what they wish for, no matter how far they go, people can never be anything but themselves. That’s all.”
“Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories” by Haruki Murakami

NaPoWriMo #16: “Render” by Maggie McGinity

“Render
by Maggie McGinity

Really, now’s not a good time
Everything squishes together today
Like if I have a minute for my mind to digest
I’ll lose every ounce of progress
Enough is the fear, though, excitement to know
Forgetting where I need to go.”

Quote:

“Money can’t buy happiness, but it certainly is a stress reliever.”
-Besa Kosova

NaPoWriMo #15: “Write a Poem” by Maggie McGinity

“Write a Poem
By Maggie McGinity

Write a poem
Before you get home
In the quiet containment of this car
Music on the radio
No one here to stay it though
Who you aren’t and who you are

Raised-voice conversations
Triplets and vacations
Countdowns that don’t conclude with red lights
Same old song, third time today
But so wrong to send away
Alone await the bed sights”

Quote:

“Take you away from that empty apartment
You stay and forget where the heart is
Someday if ever you love me you’d say it’s okay”
-“Empty Apartment” by Yellowcard

NaPoWriMo #14: “Fragment” by Maggie McGinity

“Fragment
By Maggie McGinity

Forever, or a
Reasonably long
Amount of time
Cannot stretch between
Tomorrow and tonight.
In so many short hours
On a coal-colored evening
Nothing can stay
All waits for the sun
Languishes for the day

However
Under certain circumstances
My preference would be
A longer night
Now withheld from me

Bright stars in a black sky
Eyes searching for light
If only there was time enough to gaze.
Now, not even time to graze
Going, going, gone the glory days.”

Quote:

“Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.”
-Emily Dickinson

NaPoWriMo #13: “The Trouble With Dinner” by Maggie McGinity

Any room with a sink in it is a great room for writing, and tonight, that room was a kitchen.

“The Trouble With Dinner
By Maggie McGinity

The trouble with dinner
I feel like a sinner
Post-food, I waste my night away
Feeling ungrateful
And ever so hateful
Towards to-do lists that await

And still I sit
Ignoring it
Staring over my empty plate”

Quote:

“There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.”
-Bill Watterson

NaPoWriMo #12: “There My Waiting Never Dies” by Maggie McGinity

Poetry for the frustration of everyday living for people whose weekends don’t actually exist, but are filled up with things that demand all of their time and attention, even when they have other very important things to do.

“There My Waiting Never Dies
By Maggie McGinity

Decline, rapid and steep
Oh day, this day, do not keep

Now I should be happy
Only smiling, cheering, laughing
This buzz could be better than caffeine

Woe, oh woe,
As time for productivity
Sits stale within captivity
Time disappears into a panic
Electronic tasks await to trick

Moments, recalled to be cherished and treasured,
Young, they wither, in minutes mis-measured

Take me back
Into words articulate
Make over this day
Everything else, fade away.”

Quote:

“Take me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Take me home, yeah yeah
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Oh won’t you please take me home

So far away
So far away
So far away
So far away”
-“Paradise City” by Guns ‘N Roses