2023 NaPM 26 April

[RiverNotch]

It briefly became something of a tradition for the 28 April prompt to be fairy tale related, one which I had unwittingly broken last year. Well, I'm unbreaking it now...at April 26? I had something planned for the last four days of this year's NaPM, but I'll transplant what I had planned for 28 April, which was the 28 April prompt of 2013, a prompt I find rather characterful:

Rules: Write a poem for national poetry month on the topic or form described. Each poem should appear as a separate reply to this thread. The goal is to, at the end of the month have written 30 poems for National Poetry Month.

Topic 27: Two choices today:  1 - you can write a poem from the point of view of someone sick or dying or 2 - it is my birthday today.  In years past, on my birthday, all the poets I knew would write a poem to commemorate (YAY!).  You can choose this example if you choose though I am aware I have not been here long enough for anyone to really know me that well, I have included an example I received from my old friend (and poet) Dale Housman.

Form: any
Line requirements: 10 lines or more.

I have no idea where milo's example went, it doesn't seem to have been in the post xD