Day 30 NaPoWriMo Our final (optional) prompt! In some past years, I’ve challenged you to write a poem of farewell for our thirtieth day, but this year, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem about something that returns. For, just as the swallows come back to Capistrano each year, NaPoWriMo and GloPoWriMo willContinue reading “Renewal and Goodbye (Two Poems)”
Monthly Archives: April 2020
Jco
Day 29 NaPoWriMo Today, I challenge you to write a paean to the stalwart hero of your household: your pet. Sing high your praises and tell the tale of Kitty McFluffleface’s ascension of Mt. Couch. Let us hear how your intrepid doggo bravely answers the call to adventure whenever the leash jingles. Jco, that’s howContinue reading “Jco”
In This Tiny Room
Day 28 NaPoWriMo Today’s (optional) prompt is brought to us by the Emily Dickinson Museum. First, read this brief reminiscence of Emily Dickinson, written by her niece. And now, here is the prompt that the museum suggests: Martha Dickinson Bianchi’s description of her aunt’s cozy room, scented with hyacinths and a crackling stove, warmly recalls theContinue reading “In This Tiny Room”
Now
now that you’ve seen the worst of me will you still hold me tight or let go of me in a sight? now that you’ve seen the ugliness in me will you still keep me warm in your loving arms? now that you have seen the outrage I could make will you understand and stayContinue reading “Now”
Gorgeous
And now for our (optional) prompt. Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem in the form of a review. But not a review of a book or a movie of a restaurant. Instead, I challenge you to write a poetic review of something that isn’t normally reviewed. For example, your mother-in-law, theContinue reading “Gorgeous”
Stay
don’t stay for rainbows and butterflies and stars stay even for the thunderstorms and the waves and the hurricanes don’t stay for the smiles and the touches of laughter and the joys stay even for the tears and sorrows and tribulations don’t stay for the love and the care and the understanding stay evenContinue reading “Stay”
Ode to the Philippines
This is one that we’ve used before, but one test of a good prompt is that you can come back to it! For this prompt, you will need to fill out, in five minutes or less, the following “Almanac Questionnaire.” Then, use your responses as to the basis for a poem. Almanac Questionnaire Weather: Flora:Continue reading “Ode to the Philippines”
To All The Prompts I Love (With a Dash of Covid on Top)
Day 25 NaPoWriMo Because it’s a Saturday, I have an (optional) prompt for you that takes a little time to work through — although you can certainly take short-cuts through it, if you like! The prompt, which you can find in its entirety here, was developed by the poet and teacher Hoa Nguyen, who asksContinue reading “To All The Prompts I Love (With a Dash of Covid on Top)”
Moonlight Slow Dance
our eyes met we gazed longer my heartbeats as yours too our song playing sweetly as ever night dimly lit fitful silvery moonlight we hold hands and slow dance sailing feels like moonlight slow dance P.S. The poetic form used is hay(na)ku consists of a three-line stanza, whereContinue reading “Moonlight Slow Dance”
Avocado
Today’s prompt is a fairly simple one: to write about a particular fruit – your choice. But I’d like you to describe this fruit as closely as possible. My senses are at a feast by the first sight of you. Your shining in golden jade color is what I adore about you ButContinue reading “Avocado”