Blogging from A to Z Challenge: N is for… (#AtoZChallenge)
Welcome to my April 2026 Great and Powerful Blogging from A to Z Challenge!
I’ve revealed my theme (A poem a day…maybe even with pictures), and of course, I am unashamedly blogging my theme letters on the fly. So, here goes nothing!
So, without further ado, N is for … Not good at.
The challenge today was to write a list poem around something you are good at by saying what you are NOT good at (AKA, bad at…)
What to be bad at when you are a good leader
I’m bad at keeping things a secret for no reason
I’m bad at ignoring problems that people bring to me
I’m bad at keeping people I know have the same problem from ever talking to each other so they can solve that problem together
I’m bad at not holding leaders to account when their actions harm others
I’m bad at informing people that I can’t be bothered to do some digging into solutions for them
I’m bad at not taking action in whatever small way I can
I’m bad at burying my head in the sand when I see conflict on the horizon
I’m bad at telling people there is no room at the table for them
I’m bad at waiting for someone else to make space for the difficult conversations when I know no one else will
Thanks for visiting my 2026 A to Z Challenge – Letter N.
Blogging from A to Z Challenge: M is for… (#AtoZChallenge)
Welcome to my April 2026 Great and Powerful Blogging from A to Z Challenge!
I’ve revealed my theme (A poem a day…maybe even with pictures), and of course, I am unashamedly blogging my theme letters on the fly. So, here goes nothing!
So, without further ado, M is for … Mmmmm…not a great poem day for me. This one was about relations, real and imaginary.
Relations
My aunt, mother’s sister.
Far away, but always close.
Mom called me Carol
when I walked into the room.
Judy, like a sister
I never had.
We chair danced at work
to make the days go by.
Could the mountains
Be my brothers?
Stoic and silent
watching over me?
Ah, cynicism, my godmother,
I think of you whenever
sardonic sarcasm
escapes my lips.
Thanks for visiting my 2026 A to Z Challenge – Letter M.
Blogging from A to Z Challenge: L is for… (#AtoZChallenge)
Welcome to my April 2026 Great and Powerful Blogging from A to Z Challenge!
I’ve revealed my theme (A poem a day…maybe even with pictures), and of course, I am unashamedly blogging my theme letters on the fly. So, here goes nothing!
So, without further ado, L is for … Late Night TV.
Upon waking after falling asleep on the couch in front of the TV
I raise my knee, curious,
gaze at muscular lines, or are they bone?
Sluggish with sleep, my brain will not compute,
but it’s not hard to believe. It’s one in the morning;
I have fallen to dream, feet up on the coffee table
where I placed the popcorn after a few nibbles.
The wall checkers in front of bleary eyes,
fingers comb hair, stiff as knives serrated.
Running hands past jugular to rest on my chest,
I remember my dream, bacon grease burning, smoke filled kitchen
setting off smoke alarms, waking me to startled silence.
I spread my arms across the couch,
stretch, hold them in place as if crucified.
Forsaken in the darkness by cats and husband
who moved upstairs to bed hours ago while I snored
in front of rainbow bars of post late night TV.
Thanks for visiting my 2026 A to Z Challenge – Letter L.
Blogging from A to Z Challenge: K is for… (#AtoZChallenge)
Welcome to my April 2026 Great and Powerful Blogging from A to Z Challenge!
I’ve revealed my theme (A poem a day…maybe even with pictures), and of course, I am unashamedly blogging my theme letters on the fly. So, here goes nothing!
So, without further ado, K is for … Know, as in I know some people are ok with raising hiding in cinnamon buns, and here is a poem from one who is NOT me.
A Raisin Eater’s Manifesto
(After Cameron Awkward-Rich)
There is nothing better
than a cinnamon bun
saturated with plump,
sticky, sugar laden wrinkled
gelatinous turds, surprising
unwary pastry lovers
who don’t understand, just
as I don’t understand
the existence of cinnamon buns
without raisins.
Thanks for visiting my 2026 A to Z Challenge – Letter K.
