Renewal and Goodbye (Two Poems)

  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 will

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 how

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 the

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 stay

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, the

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 even

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:

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 asks

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, where

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   But