{"id":12386,"date":"2020-04-02T01:18:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T19:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/?p=12386"},"modified":"2020-04-02T01:18:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T19:48:47","slug":"napowrimo-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/02\/napowrimo-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"#NaPoWriMo Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"This<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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My daddy told me he has always lived an honest living
Like his own dad did
In other words, don’t screw someone over.
Karma is debatable but why test it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps this is why I could never understand
How could someone step over the deserving
Or grab their prize
But most of all, rejoice in their pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think of doing the same.
All the glory, none of the labour.
How good it would feel.
A painless trip to the top of the ladder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But something stops me.
The voice of my unborn successor\u2014
If you cheat, who would tell us not to?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Tavleen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hi everyone! I am participatning in NaPoWriMo – National Poetry Writing Month for the first time. Check out http:\/\/www.napowrimo.net<\/a> for more information. For this challenge, I will be writing and posting one poem here every day in the month of April. There is a prompt for each day but I am not restricting myself to follow them. I am not the best at any kind of challenges and so, I just want to finish this one and fun with it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you participating in NaPoWriMo? Leave a link to your poem below and I’d love to check it out! Also, feel free to share your thoughts on mine.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Connect with me on Instagram<\/a> | Twitter<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/strong> | Tumblr<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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