Today’s new word:
eleemosynary adj. 1. of or relating to alms, charity, or charitable donations; charitable.
2. derived from or provided by charity. 3. dependent on or supported by charity.
National Poetry Writing Month prompt:
“Write a poem that incorporates at least one of the following: (1) the villanelle form, (2) lines taken from an outside text, and/or (3) phrases that oppose each other in some way.”
Writer’s Digest April PAD (poem a day) challenge:
“For today’s prompt, write a stolen poem. And no, don’t steal anyone’s poem! But you can write about doing such a thing. Or stealing hearts, stealing time, stealing minds. Or steeling your mind (remember: I don’t care if you play on my original prompt). Steal away into a comfortable place to write and break some lines today.”
My poem
Donations Eaten by Bureaucracy
Your altruism is in the mail
to eleemosynary systems of dilution,
stirring the cycle of hopelessness
You try to bypass through donated time, but
bureaucracy can ruin every good intention
Your altruism is in the mail
Regulations, rules–there must be control–change
behavior through punishment or reward,
stirring the cycle of hopelessness
You try to circumvent: offering temporary shelter;
donating clothes; preparing meals: inconvenience
Your altruism is in the mail
No one wants your eleemosynary roofs
if they mean invasive monitoring and checks
your altruism is in the mail
stirring the cycle of hopelessness
Reading
Today’s poetry book for inspiration is Native Guard: Poems
Experience Writing 