National Poetry Month: Choose Joy 1 of 30

To theme or not to theme, that is always the question. Okay, maybe the first question is really whether to commit - and then the second is to theme or not to theme. Some years I prefer the free and easy write of what comes to me. That can be challenge enough. Across the years, I've tried a few themes but, I can't say they've been successful. 

This year, I decided to try the theme life again for National Poetry Month Challenge. It's been a year and when the calendar turned to 2021, I decided my word/phrase was going to be Choose Joy. It seemed like the perfect way to go into a year full of hope. As I've tried to decide if I should theme - or not theme - my "one little phrase" has whispered in my ear:  Choose Joy. 

So why not? 

Why not write a poem each day about something that brings JOY? 

So here we go...

Choose Joy 

When the wind

pushes against you and

the world seems to have

a mind of its own.

Seek Joy.

In your days,

though some hard,

mall moments awaiting 

unexpected.

Find Joy.

As you journey

life's hills and valleys

it hides,

waiting around corners.

Pursue Joy.

In time spent with

friends and family.

in little celebrations.

in the ordinary.

Choose Joy. 

Look up.

Lift your head.

Wait and watch.

It's right there.

JOY. 

© Cathy L. Mere, 2021