This isn't a poem,
or anything quite like that,
I just had to say ciao,

before the month ends,
and the mods put this on lock.
I've had a good time,

being the a o t m,
a great Oh-Four start,
and perhaps a sign,

of the great events to come,
Nat time has begun.
Thanks to one and all.

MALAKH, inbox hit
to say "congrats, you do that"
got me glad after...

DELRICA posted
giving me creation space
to do Nat-narrate

but PHOTO called it
with lots to say for days and…
days then Red left; YES! (winks at’cha)

…just not before BLAK
the dancing man calmly said
“Girl, you gon’ rip this!”

Me saying ‘word?’ but
MIRACLERIC paging me –
boy’s collab crazy!

Then baton’s got passed
sis to sis, and just like that
ROBYN, busy shaking that… *winks*

PRODIGIOUSPOET
stop’d to say quiet congrats
and I tip’d my hat

checked WILDOUT’s shout out
(that kid just keeps me amazed –
took off, left for days).

*Smile* at the LADEE
most DEF felt her enthusedness
spark light in the joint

and KNOWONE tap’d me
every so often to show
love and ‘preciate.

But craze unfazed heed
MINDFUL’s calm congrats to me
keep it straight direct

as BISHOP concurred
proclaiming the year is good
left me wondering…

‘Can I get that slick?’
GSQUARED’s words ‘u deserve it’
let me sit back, chill…

Reiterate them
in WOLFIE’S typed words; think some…
they’re building me up

CHAOTIC comics
imagining apple pie…
injured longfellows…

Got me laughing hard!
But I get some perspective
as MOREHOUSE spreads love.

Then DEEPTHOUGHT gives me
licence to full throttle rock!
So, I change up style,

but not before this,
a DECSTAR admonition
‘Stink not!’ (Like I would!)

(But I did wonder then…
Stop!) EZZ-STEPH finds a new fave
in the drops of prose;

yea, I, too, like those.
Now I see INSPIREDFREE
cheering ‘you go girl!’

and OTTO like Dec
kept his promise to return –
mental walk with me.

Saluted by PREZ
back from a short hiatus…
(Damn! I’m doing this!

A O T M’ed out!)
But, nah, MUSE applauds and, yes,
blesses more po’m thoughts.

SOBER overwhelmed,
drops inbox wishes instead,
so, me happier

than even the start,
I parlay with the GDCHIL
open, sharing Free.

ASIEM, I say,
Bless your heart and tenderness,
joy is this sharing.

IMAGINATION
for whom I, unconsciously,
often seem to write,

thank you for kindness
makes me want to share some
so, I say ‘JAYARE!’

I’m your top most fan!
You checked out ‘Frozen’ the first
then MAHOGANY

also came to see.
A triple surprise post treat!
‘Cause TOOTHPICK came, too.

CLARION read long
all through lunch and enjoyed it.
(Give me humble pie!)

CHASTE_SOULS belated
realised it was getting late
but with poet style

blessed the entire thread.
Seconds to close SOULCHILD came
and blessed and blessed and…

Gratefulness is all
even to all the LURKERS
and that’s about it.

So, as said before:
Thank you all for making this
a month to recall!

Peace and Respect,

Natalie

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"I'm a curbside prophet with my hand in my pocket and I'm waiting for my rocket to come." - Jason Mraz

"Conformity is the refuge of a stagnant mind."