Prompt for Day 4 by Maureen: Today, let’s try writing triolets. A triolet is an eight-line poem. All the lines are in iambic tetramenter (for a total of eight syllables per line), and the first, fourth, and seventh lines...
ALS NaPoWriMo Day 4: Here’s the prompt: It’s the season of spring, and we see colorful flowers blooming everywhere. Our life is also like a garden, experiencing all the seasons from time to time. Write a poem to...
As I am following prompts from two communities, here’s the day 3 prompt given by Maureen: Find a shortish poem that you like, and rewrite each line, replacing each word (or as many words as you can) with words...
The prompt at ALS for Day 3 is as below: The World Outside My Window Everyone sees the world differently. When we are happy, the world outside appears full of glee, but when we are trapped in sadness or...
NaPoWriMo Day 2: The prompt given by Maureen is as below: And now for today’s (optional) prompt! The Romanian-born poet Paul Celan once wrote a series of surrealist questions and answers. Here are a couple of examples: What is forgetting? An...
The poetry writing month has begun and no matter how much I may have stayed away from writing, I cannot stay away from NaPoWriMo! This year, I am also the host of the NaPoWriMo at Asian Literary Society‘s platform...
NaPoWriMo Day 30: Yay! We did it again! I participated in NaPoWriMo hosted by three platforms this year and ended up writing 52 poems in the month of April! Thanks to everyone who took the time to read, like...
Here’s an ode to the month of poetry! Poem: Celebrating Poetry A poetic extravaganza, A literary marathon, A journey of verses, For a month long! – A rendezvous of poetic souls, Compassionate with their words, An eagerness...
NaPoWriMo Day 29: Today, I went on a trip to question life! Poem: What is Life I light my pride to light this night, To comprehend, The meaning of life – Life, that is a mystery, Today,...
Poem: I flow I’ve learned to flow, To accept, And move on – To adjust with everyone, To acclimatize, Wherever I am – To continue on my path, Without fear, Despite hurdles – To be transparent, In...