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15 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 15: My Dear Rapunzel

The prompt of NaPoWriMo for today is to write a poem in which a villain faces an unfortunate situation, and is revealed to be human (but still evil). Perhaps this could mean the witch from Hansel & Gretel has...

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14 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 14: My Dream Dictionary

Here’s today’s prompt. Dream dictionaries have been around as long as people have had dreams. Interestingly, if you consult a few of them, they nearly always tend to have totally different things to say about specific objects or symbols....

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13 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 13: How Do I Zip My Lips

The challenge of NaPoWriMo on Friday, the 13th, is to write a poem in which the words or meaning of a familiar phrase get up-ended. For example, if you chose the phrase “A stitch in time saves nine,” you...

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12 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 12: Home Sweet Home

The challenge of NaPoWriMo for today is to specifically write a haibun that takes in the natural landscape of the place you live. It may be the high sierra, dusty plains, lush rainforest, or a suburbia of tiny, identical...

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11 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 11: A Day in My Future

NaPoWriMo challenge for Day 11 is to write a poem that addresses the future, answering the questions “What does y(our) future provide? What is your future state of mind? If you are a citizen of the “union” that is...

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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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09 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 9: Someone in Love

The challenge of NaPoWriMo today is to write a poem in which something big and something small come together. Here’s what I came up with. I’ll reveal my metaphors for big and small in the end, while I’m sure...

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08 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 8: The Spell of Voodoo Queen

The challenge of NaPoWriMo today is to write poems in which mysterious and magical things occur. Your poem could take the form of a spell, for example, or simply describe an event that can’t be understood literally. Feel free...

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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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