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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 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 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 4,2024
Boy I sure like this prompt today. I just wish that I had more time to craft a poem, but unfortunately I am finding myself sitting here at the end of my 12 hour nursing day just wiped out. I will just let it flow and see what transpires. Here is today’s prompt: “Our (optional)…
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NaPoWriMo April 3,2024
Here is today’s prompt from the Napowrimo site: Last but not least, here’s our prompt for the day – optional, as always. Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a surreal prose poem. For inspiration, check out Franz Kafka’s collection of short parables (my favorite is “The Green Dragon”). Feathers The feathers began to float down…
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NaPoWriMo April 2,2024
Today’s prompt: “Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a platonic love poem. In other words, a poem not about a romantic partner, but some other kind of love – your love for your sister, or a friend, or even your love for a really good Chicago deep dish pizza. The poem should be…