April PAD Challenge — Day Six
Prompt: Write a “Things-Not-As-They-Appear” poem
Inside & Out
nerves on end
hopping like June bugs
on a hot tin roof
calm & collected
poised as a porpoise
in deep sea green
mind out of sorts
racing like street kids
on skateboard ramps
attentive & alert
engaged as parishioners
in an old-time tent revival
all interests feigned
hobbies caved-in
inside an abandoned shaft
out on the town
charming & seductive
dressed to dazzle
a blinding rage inside
a meditating monk out
©April 2015, Lori Carlson
Promptly Written 
Hi,
Thank you for visiting my site today. It’s still today in California. I’m glad you liked “9 Proven Ways to Skyrocket…”.
Janice
It was a pleasure to visit your site… I will return often.. thanks for stopping by mine as well, Janice 🙂
That’s a great poem Lori, I love how you have expressed that, and I can certainly relate to it, appearing calm and in control on the exterior while being a bundle of nerves on the inside. I have some pretty intense writings from a couple of years ago too. Never judge a book by its cover eh?
Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Thank you, Robynne… I am so pleased that you liked this poem. Are your intense poems on your blog? If so, I will have to check them out 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
I lost most of my writings in a hard drive crash Lori, but have a couple still that I wrote in a book. Here’s to WordPress! 🙂
I am so sorry that happened to you, Robynne… I worry about that constantly. I bought a used external a few years back and transferred all of my work to it. I shared it with my then-husband. When I left him, I moved all of my work to a brand new one and gave the old one to him. By some weird mishap, that external crashed on him a week later. I could have lost everything and didn’t even know it. I now have a second back-up external. I also print out everything at the end of a week and keep them in 3-ring binders. I hope you are able to keep your work safe now.
Cool!
Thanks 🙂