Here’s our optional prompt for the day. Many of us had to write “acrostic” poems in school. These are poems in which the first letter of each line spells a word as you go down the poem. For example,...
The prompt for Day 4 is to write a poem in the form of a poetry prompt 🙂 Interesting, isn’t it? The poet Mathias Svalina has been writing surrealist prompt-poems for quite a while, posting them to Instagram. You...
NaPoWriMo Day 3: And now for our (optional) prompt. This one is a bit complex, so I saved it for a Sunday. It’s a Spanish form called a “glosa” – literally a poem that glosses, or explains, or in...
The prompt for Day 2 is to write a poem based on a word featured in a tweet from Haggard Hawks, an account devoted to obscure and interesting English words. Will you choose a word like “aprosexia,” which means “an...
As I walk down the memory lane I drown in the sea of emotions I rejoice with the flowers of ecstasy As memories of love and care embrace The wind of nostalgia quivers me As I see the...
Like a rain shower on a sunny day Like a bud blooming when spring’s away Like a lighthouse glinting in the middle of night Like a glimpse of Sirius on a starless night Like the last straw of nest...