NaPoWriMo 2020 - Verses and Hues

30 Apr

I feel alive, everyday: NaPoWriMo Day 30

NaPoWriMo Day 30: Yay! I did it again, fourth year in a row 🙂 Today is the last day of NaPoWriMo 2020 and I’m super excited that I completed it successfully, following all prompts to the ‘T’. It was...

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29 Apr

Meow Meow: NaPoWriMo Day 29

NaPoWriMo Day 29: With just one more day to go, our daily prompt (optional, as always) asks us to write a paean to the stalwart hero of your household: your pet. Sing high your praises and tell the tale...

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28 Apr

My room as a child: NaPoWriMo Day 28

NaPoWriMo Day 28: 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...

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27 Apr

Review of my better half: NaPoWriMo Day 27

NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo Day 27: 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...

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26 Apr

My Musings Today: NaPoWriMo Day 26

NaPoWriMo Day 26: For this prompt, you will need to fill out, in five minutes or less, the following “Almanac Questionnaire.” Then, use your responses as to basis for a poem. I’ve listed my answers alongside and tried to...

#day26, #inspiring, #life, #musings, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #nature, #pandemic, #rain

25 Apr

Paradox of life:NaPoWriMo Day 25

NaPoWriMo Day 25: The prompt, which you can find in its entirety here, was developed by the poet and teacher Hoa Nguyen, asks you to use a long poem by James Schuyler as a guidepost for your poem. This is a...

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24 Apr

Mango- A divinity: NaPoWriMo Day 24:

NaPoWriMo Day 24: 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. Perhaps your poem could attempt to tell the...

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23 Apr

Perseverance: From ‘P’ to ‘E’: NaPoWriMo Day 23

NaPoWriMo Day 23: Today’s prompt (optional, as always) asks you to write a poem about a particular letter of the alphabet, or perhaps, the letters that form a short word. Doesn’t “S” look sneaky and snakelike? And “W” clearly...

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22 Apr

Do what it takes: NaPoWriMo Day 22

NaPoWriMo Day 22: Our (optional) prompt for the day asks to engage with different languages and cultures through the lens of proverbs and idiomatic phrases. Many different cultures have proverbs or phrases that have largely the same meaning, but...

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21 Apr

A Predicted Poem: NaPoWriMo Day 21

NaPoWriMo Day 21: Today’s poetry resource is the archives of Poetry International, where you’ll find poems from all over the world, both in their original languages and in translation. Today’s optional prompt asks you to make use of today’s resource....

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