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18 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 18: Focus

A very interesting prompt today! First, find a poem in a book or magazine (ideally one you are not familiar with). Use a piece of paper to cover over everything but the last line. Now write a line of...

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16 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 16: The Game of Life

The NaPoWriMo prompt for the day asks us to write a poem that prominently features the idea of play. It could be a poem about a sport or game, a poem about people who play (or are playing a...

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10 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 10: Resplendent Morning

The challenge today is to write a poem of simultaneity – in which multiple things are happing at once. I have penned down my thoughts around multiple things that make up a morning. Here’s my take at it. A...

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07 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 7: Writer Vs. Woman

Today is seventh day of NaPoWrimo. The challenge today is to write out a list of all of your different layers of identity. For example, you might be a wife, a grandmother, a Philadelphian, a dental assistant, a rabid...

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06 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 6: Unforeseen Pauses

The prompt for day 6 is to write a poem that stretches your comfort zone with line breaks. That could be a poem with very long lines, or very short lines. Or a poem that blends the two. You...

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05 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 5: Trampled by the World

Today, the challenge of NaPoWriMo is to write a poem that reacts both to photography and to words in a language not your own. Begin with a photograph. Now find a poem in a language you don’t know. Ignore any accompanying...

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04 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 4: Tenacity of Nature

On fourth day of NaPoWriMo Maureen has challenged us today to write a poem that is about something abstract – perhaps an ideal like “beauty” or “justice,” but which discusses or describes that abstraction in the form of relentlessly...

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01 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 1:Quadrille- A Poetic Journey

I am so excited that we begin our NaPoWriMo journey today! Here’s my submission for today: Dawn of a new day Dawns the dawn of new journey A journey so empowering A journey full of hope A journey...

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19 Mar

Monday Musings

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15 Mar

Balance of Nature

sun enlightens day glitterati of bright stars recoups verve at night led by charismatic moon nature balances life with grace an inspiration to seek This is Bussokusekika Poetry – a pattern of 5-7-5-7-7-7. It is a Japanese...

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