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NaPoWriMo April 18
Here is the prompt for the day, funny I was just discussing how in dreams I am oftentimes someone else, as if I am an actress in a movie. So I will use that as my jump off point: “And now for our (optional) prompt! Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem…
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NaPoWriMo April 16&17
April 16, The prompt:“Finally, here’s today’s (optional) prompt, taken from our 2016 archives. Today, we challenge you to write a poem in which you closely describe an object or place, and then end with a much more abstract line that doesn’t seemingly have anything to do with that object or place, but which, of course,…
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NaPoWriMo April 14&15
It was a busy weekend at work so I just totally missed Saturday (plus the prompt was a bit much) and yesterday I did write a poem, I just didn’t have the energy after work to come here and write it up. Here is yesterday’s prompt and poem: “Today’s (optional) prompt asks you to write…
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NaPoWriMo April 12,2024
Here is today’s prompt: “And last but not least, our optional prompt. Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem that plays with the idea of a “tall tale.” American tall tales feature larger-than-life characters like Paul Bunyan (who is literally larger than life), Bulltop Stormalong (also gigantic), and Pecos Bill (apparently normal-sized, but he doesn’t let it slow…
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NaPoWriMo April 11,2024
Today’s prompt is quick, easy and fun. Here it is: “Finally, our optional prompt for the day honors the “ones” in the number 11. Today, we’d like to challenge you to write either a monostich, which is a one-line poem, or a poem made up of one-liner style jokes/sentiments. Need inspiration? Take a look at Joe…
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NaPoWriMo April 10,2024
These prompts continue to delight me! Today’s is as follows: And now for our optional prompt! Ezra Pound famously said that “poetry is news that stays news.” While we don’t know about that, the news can have a certain poetry to it. Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem based on one…
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NaPoWriMo April 9,2024
Today’s prompt is as follows: Our prompt for today (optional, as always) takes its inspiration from Pablo Neruda, the Chilean-born poet and Nobel Prize Winner. While he is most famous in the English-speaking world for his collection Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, he also wrote more than two hundred odes, and had a penchant…
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NaPoWriMo April 8,2024
Today’s prompt is an interesting one, and one that is already sparking some ideas. Also after writing this: TRIGGER WARNING, this poem touches on an abusive relationship I endured in my 20’s. Here is the prompt: “Finally, our (optional) prompt for the day takes its inspiration from Laura Foley’s poem “Year End.” Today, we challenge…
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NaPoWriMo April 7,2024
Day seven and I’m still feeling as much joy today as day one. I sure love writing poetry. Here is today’s prompt: “And last but not least, we’re taking it easy with today’s (optional) prompt. Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem titled “Wish You Were Here” that takes its inspiration from…
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NaPoWriMo April 6,2024
Today’s prompt does not disappoint. This poem I will craft takes me back into my 20’s where my friends and I had an answer for everything and everything had it’s own special logic. Here is the prompt: “And now for our (optional) prompt. Today’s we’d like to challenge you to write a poem rooted in…