Poetry - Verses and Hues

15 Apr

A melody of love: NaPoWriMo Day 15

NaPoWriMo Day 15: The challenge today is to write a poem inspired by your favorite kind of music. Try to recreate the sounds and timing of a pop ballad, a jazz improvisation, or a Bach fugue. That could mean...

#day15, #harmony, #life, #love, #melody, #music, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #romance

14 Apr

Who propels my poetry: NaPoWriMo Day14

NaPoWriMo Day 14: Today’s optional prompt asks you, like Alice Notley, to think about your own inspirations and forebears (whether literary or otherwise). Specifically, I challenge you today to write a poem that deals with the poems, poets, and...

#day14, #inspiration, #motivation, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #poetrychallenge, #wisdom

13 Apr

Am I a thief? NaPoWriMo Day 13

NaPoWriMo Day 13: Today, I challenge you to write a non-apology for the things you’ve stolen. Maybe it’s something as small as your sister’s hairbrush (or maybe it was your sister’s boyfriend!) So, I want to confess to a...

#day13, #insightful, #inspiration, #introspection, #life, #musings, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #thoughts

12 Apr

I wonder: NaPoWriMo Day 12

NaPoWriMo Day 12: For today’s prompt (optional, as always), I’d like to challenge you to write a triolet. These eight-line poems involve repeating lines and a tight rhyme scheme. I love this form of poetry and have written the...

#belief, #life, #love, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #nature, #rhyming, #romance, #triolet

11 Apr

My Orchard of Love: NaPoWriMo Day 11

NaPoWriMo Day11: Our optional prompt for the day is based on the concept of the language of flowers. Have you ever heard, for example, that yellow roses stand for friendship, white roses for innocence, and red roses for love? Well,...

#day11, #flowers, #love, #musings, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #nature, #orchard, #perception, #romance

10 Apr

Paradigm of Life: NaPoWriMo Day 10

NaPoWriMo Day 10: Today’s prompt (optional, as always) is another one from the archives, first suggested to us by long-time Na/GloPoWriMo participant Vince Gotera. It’s the hay(na)ku). Created by the poet Eileen Tabios and named by Vince, the hay(na)ku...

#coronavirus, #day10, #inspiring, #life, #musings, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #pandemic, #poetrychallenge, #reflections, #relationships

09 Apr

Love: NaPoWriMo Day 9

NaPoWriMo Day 9: The challenge today is to write a “concrete” poem – a poem in which the lines and words are organized to take a shape that reflects in some way the theme of the poem. This might...

#concretepoem, #emotions, #heart, #love, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #poetrychallenge, #romance

08 Apr

If only I could: NaPoWriMo Day 8

NaPoWriMo prompt for day 8 asks us to peruse the work of one or more of these twitter bots, and use a line or two, or a phrase or even a word that stands out, as the seed for...

#day8, #dream, #Ifonly, #ifonlyicould, #imagination, #inspiring, #maryruefle, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #poetrychallenge, #wishes

07 Apr

The Lost Ring: NaPoWriMo Day 7

NaPoWriMo Day 7: Today our prompt (optional, of course) is to write a poem based on a news article. I have chosen to write on the below news, that I found really interesting 🙂 Ring lost in US 47...

#day7, #love, #miracle, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #poetrychallenge, #relationship, #romance

06 Apr

The creation through my eyes: NaPoWriMo Day 6

NaPoWriMo Day 6: Today’s (optional) prompt is ekphrastic in nature – but rather particular! Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem from the point of view of one person/animal/thing from Hieronymous Bosch’s famous (and famously bizarre)...

#creation, #day6, #ekphrasis, #gardenofearthlydelights, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #poetrychallenge, #surrealism

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