Writing a Z to A poem seems like a good way to wrap up the A to Z Challenge. There are, of course, still three days in National Poetry Month, so don’t get your hopes up. This isn’t the last day of questionable verse!<\/p>\n
Zealous, we begin the month! Another Take a hint, leave a comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Annnnnnnd…that’s a wrap. Well, almost. On the A to Z Challenge. There are still three more days of questionable poetry to go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137991134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_has_post_settings":{"highlight_sharing":"default","image_sharing":"default","headline_sharing":"default"},"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7],"tags":[2717,2716,2788,2787,2779,2725,2772,2792,2728],"hashtags":[],"class_list":["post-137991064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-a2zchallenge","tag-atozchallenge","tag-pad","tag-poem-a-day","tag-poems","tag-poetry","tag-poetry-prompts","tag-poets-northwest","tag-stafford-challenge"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-06 01:11:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137991064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137991064"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137991064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137991136,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137991064\/revisions\/137991136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137991134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137991064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137991064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137991064"},{"taxonomy":"hashtags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtags?post=137991064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nYear of blogging A to Z – a perfect month for poetry – no
\nXenoglossiphobia, we’ll borrow – steal – our
\nWords, so shamelessly! Come April, we will
\nVow to entertain you with our posts
\nUnmatched and only loosely organized around a
\nTheme. Perhaps. By now, we ought<\/em> to have a plan. We
\nSeek, instead, your approbation as you
\nRead. Your silence, lack of comments,
\nQuestions, echoes deafening against
\nPetrosal basement walls. We’re not, in truth,
\nOmniscient. Our characters appear to be, but
\nNever think that we can read or guess what’s on your
\nMind. Each day we fight against our innate
\nLaziness to write, to share. We walk the
\nKnife-edge of a line where fiction leads to truth and truth to
\nJustice. All the world’s a stage – all players cast an
\nIncandescent light. They are an honest mirror
\nHeld for those who would prefer the
\nGrace that’s offered by the dark; they never have to
\nFace harsh truths when gentle lies are
\nEverywhere and everyone will
\nDelicately dance to spare their toes.
\nCan we ever find our equilibrium, our
\nBalance? In dusk’s penumbral
\nAstral light we end the month, and let the curtain fall.<\/p>\nOther National Poetry Month Posts<\/h2>\n
Your Turn!<\/h2>\n