After the Parade Hi everyone. Exciting news today! I’ve written and submitted four short poems to the Vocal After the Parade Challenge. What happens after the parade? The Prompt: Write a poem reflecting on the world and your place in …
Hi everyone! Today is day Thirty of the national poetry month competition and the final day! Here’s my offering >>> DAY THIRTY: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Thirty … Write a Cento. A Cento is a poem that is made up …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-Nine of the national poetry month competition and the penultimate day! Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-NINE: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Nine … In certain versions of the classic fairytale Sleeping Beauty, various fairies or …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-Eight of the national poetry month competition. Only two more days to go! Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-EIGHT: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Eight … Write a concrete poem. Like acrostic poems, concrete poems are …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-Seven of the national poetry month competition. Only three more days to go! Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-SEVEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Seven …Write a “duplex.” A “duplex” is a variation on the sonnet, developed …
Hi everyone! Today is day twenty-six of the national poetry month competition, and also Colleen’s weekly Tanka Tuesday challenge #271. Today, I’ve combined the two challenges into one. Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-SIX: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Six … …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-Five of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-FIVE: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Five … Today’s (optional) prompt is based on the aisling, a poetic form that developed in Ireland. An …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-Four of the national poetry month competition and the last Sunday. Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-FOUR: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Four … Hard-boiled detective novels are known for their use of vivid similes, often …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-Three of the national poetry month competition. Only seven more days to go! Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-THREE: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Three …Write a poem in the style of Kay Ryan, whose poems …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-Two of the national poetry month competition. Two-thirds of the way through, already! Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-TWO: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Two … In honour of today’s being the 22nd day of Na/GloPoWriMo 2022, I’d …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-One of the national poetry month competition. Two-thirds of the way through, already! Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-ONE: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-One … Write a poem in which you first recall someone you used …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty of the national poetry month competition. Two-thirds of the way through, already! Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty … Write a poem that anthropomorphises a kind of food. It …
Hi everyone! Today is day nineteen of the national poetry month competition, and also Colleen’s weekly Tanka Tuesday challenge. Today, I’ve combined the two challenges into one. Here’s my offering >>> DAY NINETEEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Nineteen … write …
Hi everyone! Today is day eighteen of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY EIGHTEEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Eighteen … This prompt is based on Faisal Mohyuddin’s poem “Five Answers to the Same Question.” Today, I’d like …
Hi everyone! Today is day seventeen of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY SEVENTEEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Seventeen … This prompt was developed by the comic artist Lynda Barry, and it asks you to think about …
Hi everyone! Today is day sixteen of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY SIXTEEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Sixteen … Write a curtal sonnet. This is a variation on the classic 14-line sonnet. The curtal sonnet form …
Hi everyone! Today is day fifteen of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY FIFTEEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Fifteen … This one may seem counter-intuitive, but today I’d like to challenge you to write a poem …
Hi everyone! Today is day fourteen of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY FOURTEEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Fourteen … Today’s challenge is a fun one: write a poem that takes the form of the opening scene …
Hi everyone! Today is day thirteen of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY THIRTEEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Thirteen … Today, in honor of the potential luckiness of the number 13, I’d like to challenge you …
Hi everyone! Today is day twelve of the national poetry month competition, and also Colleen’s weekly Tanka Tuesday challenge. Today, I’ve combined the two challenges into one. Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWELVE: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twelve … write …
Hi everyone! Today is day eleven of the national poetry month competition. I missed yesterday, as my Saturday ended up being more full on than I’d anticipated. Here’s my offering >>> DAY ELEVEN: [Instructions:] Write a poem about a very …
Hi everyone! Today is day ten of the national poetry month competition. I missed yesterday, as my Saturday ended up being more full on than I’d anticipated. Here’s my offering >>> DAY NINE & TEN [Instructions:] Day nine asked for …
Hi everyone! Today is day eight of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY EIGHT: [Instructions:] Name your alter-ego, and then describe him/her in detail. Then write in your alter-ego’s voice. Maybe your alter-ego is a streetwise …
Hi everyone! Today is day seven of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY SEVEN: [Instructions:] Write a poem that argues against, or somehow questions, a proverb or saying. They say that “all cats are black at …
Hi everyone! Today is day six of the national poetry month competition. Apologies to those of you who received a post alert for today, which I hit the button way too soon! That one, I deleted as quickly as I …
Hi everyone! Apparently, April is National Poetry Month, and NaNoWriMo has launched a 30 day poem-a-day challenge. I kind of missed the start, and am coming in on day four. So you get four poems in one day from me …