So April 23rd is a literary celebration in so many ways; it observes World Book Day and World Book Night, and is also International English Language Day! And a recent conversation with my son about spoilers brought to mind fears book lovers can have. So today’s poetic Sunday is what the blog post title says: Unfounded Fears in a Book Lover’s Mind

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Poetic Sundays: Unfounded Fears in a Book Lover’s Mind

Years ago, as a young girl, I lived in a colony in the middle-of-nowhere (or so it seemed to me). And I frequented the library there (both at my school and the local library for the community) with regularity! Our school library used to stay open during the summers and that was a joy for me when we ended up having a staycation rather that visiting grandparents, uncles, aunts, and myriad other relatives. I walked to the library each day to pick a new book to read, and really did hide books sometimes (i know, i know).. even though I knew that the chances of someone else wanting that book was rare…

Day 23 Prompts in my ‘Unfounded Fears in a Book Lover’s Mind’

NaPoWriMo’s Day 23 Prompt: Start off by reading Arvind Krishna Mehrotra’s “Lockdown Garden.” Now, try to write a poem of your own that has multiple numbered sections. Attempt to have each section be in dialogue with the others, like a song where a different person sings each verse, giving a different point of view. Set the poem in a specific place that you used to spend a lot of time in, but don’t spend time in anymore.

April PAD Day 23 Prompt at Writer’s Digest: For today’s prompt, write a fear poem. The poem could be about a fear you have or a fear of someone else. Maybe you feel the fear; maybe you cause someone else to have the fear. And there are different levels of fears, like the fear of missing out on the last piece of piece or the fear of dying.

Recently

On My Blog & at Home

My recent posts since and including my last Sunday Scribblings. Each letter of the alphabet features a poetic form for the letter as well as one or more books (poetry related).

• Sushruta and His Stunning Staying Power
• Resolute Razia Sultana: Wonderful Ruler – Read Read Read About Her
• Quintessential Qutub Minar: Questions and More About Angels Too
• Porus the Powerful: The Peerless Protector of Places and More
• Ode to Ooty: Other Words for Paradise and More
• Nur Jahan: Narrative that Inspires No Matter the Years
• Sunday Scribblings #143: Loving with Negations and More

It was spring break week for my high-schooler, so we shifted residences for this week to my college-going son’s neighborhood. My DH had work, and my son busy with classes, but we wanted to spend the free time in between as a family, so we found ourselves a wonderful Airbnb in the charming town of Arroyo Grande (about 15 minutes drive from CalPoly). And we did a bit of touristing/traveling too – saw one of the superblooms at Shell Creek in Santa Margarita; watched the elephant seals roll around (or well, just staying there) in the sand at Elephant Seal Viewing area near San Simeon; and some more stuff!

Upcoming

On My Blog & Homefront

Down to the final stretch of April’s month-long challenges this week, and I have a couple of confounding letters here, of course.. but let me see if I can line something up with some creativity (if all else fails)!

This Week’s Celebrations

Literary Celebrations (close-to-it also!)

• Literary birthdays this week of April include: Sue Grafton and Robert Penn Warren on the 24th; James Fenton on 25th; Lisa Unger 26th; August Wilson, Cecil Day Lewis, Mary Wollstonecraft 27th; Harper Lee and Terry Pratchett 28th; William Randolph Hearst, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Bharathidasan on the 29th; Annie Dillard 30th
• The 27th is National Tell a Story Day
• National Great Poetry Reading Day is on the 28th
• It is National Poem In Your Pocket Day on April 29th(Changes Annually)

Foodie Celebrations

• National Zucchini Bread Day is on the 25th of April
• The 26th of April siNational Pretzel Day
• April 27th is National Gummi Bear Day* and being the Last Wednesday in April, also is Stop Food Waste Day 
• National Blueberry Pie Day is on the 28th of April
• 30th of April for National Bubble Tea Day, National Oatmeal Cookie Day, and National Raisin Day

Other Celebrations

• It is National Skipping Day on the 24th, so get those skipping ropes out..
• April 25th celebrates these suited creatures with World Penguin Day and National Telephone Day
• The 26th happens to be World Intellectual Property Day, National Audubon Day, and National Richter Scale Day
• April 27th is World Tapir Day 
• Pay it forward, and be a hero in someone’s life on the 28th, as it is Global Pay It Forward Day and National Superhero Day
• The 29th of April is National Peace Rose Day, International Dance Day and World Wish Day
• While the 30th celebrates International Jazz Day, and being the Last Saturday in April, also celebrates World Tai Chi and Qigong Day, International Sculpture Day, World Veterinary Day and National Sense of Smell Day
• The 30th also happens to be National PrepareAthon! Day, National Honesty Day, and National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day

Wrapping Up My Sunday Scribblings

Linking up to NaPoWriMo, and the Ultimate Blog Challenge. Also linking this to the Sunday Post over at the Caffeinated Reviewer and the Sunday Salon