#life - Verses and Hues

25 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 25: The changing phase of city

The challenge is to write a poem that: Is specific to a season Uses imagery that relates to all five senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell) Includes a rhetorical question, (like Keats’ “where are the songs of spring?”)...

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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...

#children, #conversation, #feelings, #fun, #funny, #home, #house, #humour, #life, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #parents, #poem, #slangs, #talk, blog

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

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

09 Apr

NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo Day 9: Things that make life meaningful

Here’s the prompt for Day 9: Our (optional) prompt for the day asks you to engage in another kind of cross-cultural exercise, as it is inspired by the work of Sei Shonagon, a Japanese writer who lived more than...

#feelings, #glad, #grateful, #joy, #life, #meaning, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #thoughts

08 Apr

NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo Day 8: Connecting the dots

Here’s the prompt for Day 8: Today, I’d like to challenge you to think about the argot of a particular job or profession, and see how you can incorporate it into a metaphor that governs or drives your poem....

#connect, #corporate, #feelings, #flow, #humour, #inspiration, #life, #motivation, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #slang, #thought, blog

07 Apr

NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo 2019 Day 7: What I want to gift myself

The prompt for the day is inspired by McKibbens, who posted these thoughts on her Twitter account a few months back: What do you deserve? Name it. All of it. What are you ready to let go of? Name...

#blessings, #deserve, #expectations, #feelings, #gift, #gratitude, #life, #musings, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #relax, #self, #thoughts, #wishes

06 Apr

NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo 2019 Day 6: If…

Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem of the possible. What does that mean? Well, take a look at these poems by Raena Shirali and Rachel Mennies. Both poems are squarely focused not on what has...

#answers, #chances, #desire, #destiny, #feelings, #if, #imagination, #inspiration, #inspire, #life, #motivation, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #possibility, #possible, #questions, #thoughts, #transformation, #wish, blog

05 Apr

NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo 2019 Day 5: The tumultuous voices

Today’s prompt comes from a poem by Kyle Dargan, called “Diaspora: A Narcolepsy Hymn.” This poem is inspired by the work of others – in this case, the poet Morgan Parker, and lyrics from songs by Beyoncé and The...

#acceptance, #changes, #confidence, #confusion, #contrast, #inspiration, #life, #motivation, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poetry, #poetrychallenge, #song, #time, #villanelle, 3poem

04 Apr

NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo 2019 Day 4: I wish I hadn’t gone out

Today’s prompt, is inspired by Teicher’s poem “Son“. One thing you might notice about this poem is that it is sad, but that it doesn’t generate that feeling through particularly emotional words. The words are very simple. Another thing...

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