NaPoWriMo 2013

Day 27

Day 27:

Today, I challenge you to use the wondrous powers of the Internet to help you write, and I have a particular method in mind. Think of a common proverb or phrase — something like “All that glitters is not gold,” or “If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.” Then plug the first three words of the phrase into a search engine. Skim through the first few pages of results, collecting (rather like a poetic magpie) words and phrases that interest you. Then use those words and phrases as the inspirations (and some of the source material) for a new poem.

“Yesterday is History, Tomorrow's a mystery, today is a gift, that's why we call it the present.”

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The clock is running,

make the most of today,

The clock is spinning faster,

there is no delay.

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The history of yesterday,

to form what is now,

the mystery of the future,

to which we take a bow.

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For today is all we have,

and now is what we know,

so make the most of the present,

so you will have something to show.

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For the memories will be with us,

but the feelings will feel real,

if we do what we can,

and the future we will seal.

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We don't know what is coming,

we don't know what our battles will hold,

we just know what is here and now,

for this is what forms the future's mold.

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Just live while you still can,

and do all that you can do,

so that you will be better,

when you become made new.