Tomorrow Starts NaPoWriMo 2018

I want to wish all my NaPoWriMo friends the best of luck in this year's quest to write 30 poems in 30 days.

I'm hoping to join the fun, but with so much on my plate, I'm not going to beat myself up if I can't do it.

But I am certainly looking forward to reading an outpouring of wonderful poetry!

Enjoy the month!!

NaPoWriMo #26--"Pen Envy"

Pen Envy

     To O.S., the Freudian

My friend Omar is a poet--

it says so on his business card.

But truly, he has published volumes

and works hard at his craft.

Yesterday he wrote twelve poems--

maybe more--while I eked out

a mere one. I could say to myself,

"It's quality, not quantity," and soothe

my ego, that won't work. Honestly,

he has both. Although he's much 

younger, he's plied his trade far longer.

I am a dabbler--writing a poem

as an academic exercise, a piece

of discipline, a creative outlet. But

never a pressing need. I understand

that my true talents lie elsewhere.

But that doesn't stop my occasional bouts

of pen envy--the only kind of envy I know.