#poetrychallenge - Verses and Hues

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....

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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...

#abuse, #crime, #horror, #life, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #offence, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #psychopath, #rape, #sad, #tale, #victim, blog

03 Apr

NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo 2019 Day 3: Elapsed Time

Today’s prompt is based in a poem by Larry Levis called “The Two Trees.” It is a poem that seems to meander, full of little digressions, odd bits of information, but fundamentally, it is a poem that takes time....

#age, #distance, #emotions, #feelings, #life, #long, #love, #mother, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #poetry, #poetrychallenge, #regret, #thoughts, #time, #truth

02 Apr

NaPoWriMo 2019: Day 2: A hundred and one

Day 2 prompt is based on this poem by Claire Wahmanholm, which transforms the natural world into an unsettled dream-place. One way it does this is by asking questions – literally. The poem not only contains questions, but ends...

#arguments, #confusion, #expectations, #infidelity, #life, #love, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poetry, #poetrychallenge, #questions, blog

01 Apr

NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo 2019 Day 1: How to make a good parent…Are you one?

Once again it is that time of the year which we all poetry lovers eagerly await. Yes! It’s NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo month, when we write a poem everyday for 30 days on the prompt (optional) given by our dear Maureen...

#advice, #children, #feelings, #inspiration, #instructions, #life, #manual, #NaPoWriMo2019, #opinion, #parenting, #parents, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #rules, #words, #writing, blog

31 May

Haiku: Fish

alluring species glory of aquatic world fish-a marine queen

#3lines, #aqua, #aquatic, #creatures, #fish, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #marine, #micropoetry, #nature, #ocean, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #sea, #species, #water

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