NaPoWriMo 2019 - Verses and Hues

20 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 20: Our daily conversations

Today, the challenge is to write a poem that “talks.” What does that mean? Well, take a look at this poem by Diane Seuss. While it isn’t a monologue, it’s largely based in spoken language, interspersed with the speaker/narrator’s...

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19 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 19: The sky is mine

Today, the challenge is to write an abecedarian poem – a poem in which the word choice follows the words/order of the alphabet. You could write a very strict abecedarian poem, in which there are twenty-six words in alphabetical...

#confidence, #feelings, #inspiration, #inspire, #learning, #life, #motivation, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #reflections, #writing

18 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 18: Elegy for my hero

Today, the challenge is to write an elegy of your own, one in which the abstraction of sadness is communicated not through abstract words, but physical detail. This may not be a “fun” prompt, but loss is one of...

#army, #border, #death, #elegy, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #soldier, #terror, #terrorism, #truth, #war

17 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 17: I am Benjamin’s Kite

Today, the challenge is to write a poem that presents a scene from an unusual point of view. Perhaps you could write a poem that presents Sir Isaac Newton’s discovery from the perspective of the apple. Or the shootout...

#biography, #charged, #electricity, #humour, #lightning experiment, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #personification, #poem, #science, blog, Experiment

16 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day16: List of mundane yet not so mundane

Today, the challenge is to write a poem that uses the form of a list to defamiliarize the mundane. Poem: List of mundane, yet not so mundane The grocery list- never seems to be clear, there’s always one...

#fun, #humour, #list, #mundane, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #thoughts, blog

15 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 15: My monologue

Our prompt for today (optional, as always), takes its inspiration from the idea of a poem as a sort of tiny play, which can be performed dramatically. In the 1800s, there was quite a fad for monologue-style poems that...

#anxiety, #depression, #feelings, #introspection, #life, #mental health, #monologue, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #questions, #solitude, #thoughts, blog

14 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day14: The incongruent language

Today, the challenge is to write a poem that incorporates homophones, homographs, and homonyms, or otherwise makes productive use of English’s ridiculously complex spelling rules and opportunities for mis-hearings and mis-readings. Here’s my take using some homophones and homonyms....

#English, #fun, #funny, #humour, #inconsistency, #language, #mockery, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, blog

13 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 13: A mysterious train journey

Our optional prompt for the day takes its cue from Prelutsky’s poem, as well as this poem by Dean Young, called “Belief in Magic.” Today, the challenge is to write a poem about something mysterious and spooky! Your poem...

#evil, #horror, #mysterious, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #sorcery, #spooky, #story, #tale, #witch, blog

12 Apr

NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo Day 12: Your love letters

Today, the challenge is to write a poem about a dull thing that you own, and why (and how) you love it. Alternatively, what would it mean to you to give away or destroy a significant object. Your...

#feelings, #heart, #heartbroken, #letters, #love, #memories, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #nostalgia, #poem, #romance, #valuable, blog

11 Apr

NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo Day 11: My origin, my evolution

Today the challenge is to write a poem of origin. Where are you from? Not just geographically, but emotionally, physically, spiritually? Maybe you are from Vikings and the sea and diet coke and angry gulls in parking lots. Maybe...

#basis, #evolution, #growth, #identity, #inspiration, #introspection, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #origin, #poem, #roots, #rumination

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