11
Apr
2015
Apr
2015
Despair
categories: Mrs. McGriff, Personal Writing
Gloom swallows up days,
casting long shadows of doubt
that sink into souls.
After watching and reading the April poetry challenge by Mary Lee Hahn at A Year of Readingfor the past several years, I decided to write a poem a day this month. Mary Lee is hosting PO-EMotion, with a different emotion for each day of the month. Today’s focus is DESPAIR. For even more poetry fun throughout April, check out the roundup of poetry celebrations and projects at Jama’s Alphabet Soup.
Carol Varsalona (@cvarsalona)
April 11, 2015 at 7:46 pm (9 years ago)Doubt is the theme for today’s gospel that I just heard. your poem captures this.
Mrs. McGriff
April 12, 2015 at 3:43 pm (9 years ago)I didn’t think about it as I wrote it, but doubt very much feeds into despair.
Kimberley Moran
April 11, 2015 at 7:26 am (9 years ago)Haiku is perfect for despair. I love how dark your poem feels.
Mrs. McGriff
April 11, 2015 at 10:44 am (9 years ago)Thanks. This was a hard one for me to write.