NaPoWriMo Day 23: The cast of the alphabet

Hi, I’m doing NaPoWriMo on napowrimo.net. The challenge is to write a poem a day in April.  

For Day 23, the prompt was to write about the alphabet, which was fun. I managed to finish it just before my neighbour started drumming.

This is the prompt for the April 23 poem:

Today’s prompt (optional) asks you to write a poem about a particular letter of the alphabet, or perhaps the letters that form a short word. Doesn’t ‘S’ look sneaky and snakelike? And ‘W’ clearly doesn’t know where it’s going! Think about the shape of the letter(s) and use that as the take-off point for your poem. 

The cast of the alphabet

The alphabet letters are building blocks

We played around with as kids,

Bright and bold, and well, just blocky,

Stackable and surprisingly edible.

Now I’m going to let you into a secret:

These colourful cubes have personalities!

A is for apple, stood poised like a ladder,

B buzzes with life and has big boobage,

C is curious, always open to discovery,

And D scoffed all the pies drunk in the pub.

The little e looks like Pacman’s baby bro,

F is fond of swearing but is holding it back,

Fun G is always out for a giggle, while

H looks uptight like a straight-backed chair.

I is the egotistical one with something to say,

J has a groovy style and a tail made for fishing,

K is just waiting to give your lazy ass a kick

And L is like a giant leg hopping all around.

M is a spidery spider scurrying on the ground,

Little N is a bridge over the roughest water,

O is always surprised by life’s little mysteries,

But posh P pokes its nose in your businesses.

Q makes me think of a cuddly panda bear,

While R is kind of fiesty and ready to roar.

S senses it’s hissing time and so it slithers,

T just knows when it’s time to make the tea.

U is a lucky horseshoe or a tunnel to freedom,

V has a vendetta so you better watch out!

W is squiggly jiggly, made of walking fingers,

X can see right through and tell you what’s wrong.

Lastly, Y is full of questions no one can answer,

And Z… Z just wants to sleep forever and ever.

Copyright Vickie Johnstone, April 23, 2020