#poetrychallenge - Verses and Hues

05 May

Some days

Some days I’m not myselfbut still I am there, alive Some days I don’t feel like doing anythingbut still I end up doing all the chores Some days I don’t want to assess if everything is in orderbut...

#confusion, #coronavirus, #depression, #life, #musings, #pandemic, #poetrychallenge

30 Apr

I feel alive, everyday: NaPoWriMo Day 30

NaPoWriMo Day 30: Yay! I did it again, fourth year in a row 🙂 Today is the last day of NaPoWriMo 2020 and I’m super excited that I completed it successfully, following all prompts to the ‘T’. It was...

#day30, #inspiration, #inspirational, #inspiring, #motivational, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #phoenix, #poetrychallenge

27 Apr

Review of my better half: NaPoWriMo Day 27

NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo Day 27: Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem in the form of a review. But not a review of a book or a movie of a restaurant. Instead, I challenge you to write a...

#amusing, #betterhalf, #marriage, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #poetrychallenge, #relationships, #spouse

24 Apr

Mango- A divinity: NaPoWriMo Day 24:

NaPoWriMo Day 24: Today’s prompt is a fairly simple one: to write about a particular fruit – your choice. But I’d like you to describe this fruit as closely as possible. Perhaps your poem could attempt to tell the...

#day24, #mango, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #poetrychallenge, #superfruit, #sweetness

19 Apr

My Walking Archive: NaPoWriMo Day 19

NaPoWriMo Day 19: Today, our optional prompt challenges you to write a poem based on a “walking archive.” What’s that? Well, it’s when you go on a walk and gather up interesting thing – a flower, a strange piece...

#archive, #day19, #musings, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #nostalgia, #pandemic, #poetrychallenge, #walkingarchive

17 Apr

Have you ever seen me? NaPoWriMo Day 17

NaPoWriMo Day17 : Today the challenge is to write a poem that features forgotten technology. Maybe it’s a VCR, or a rotary phone. A cassette player or even a radio. Have you ever seen me? I hadn’t...

#day17, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #poetrychallenge, #technology, #typewriter

16 Apr

You light up my world: NaPoWriMo Day 16

NaPoWriMo Day 16: Today we challenge you to write a poem of over-the-top compliments. Pick a person, place, or thing you love, and praise it in the most effusive way you can. Go for broke with metaphors, similes, and...

#childhood, #children, #day16, #family, #life, #love, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #poetrychallenge, #relationships

14 Apr

Who propels my poetry: NaPoWriMo Day14

NaPoWriMo Day 14: Today’s optional prompt asks you, like Alice Notley, to think about your own inspirations and forebears (whether literary or otherwise). Specifically, I challenge you today to write a poem that deals with the poems, poets, and...

#day14, #inspiration, #motivation, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #poetrychallenge, #wisdom

10 Apr

Paradigm of Life: NaPoWriMo Day 10

NaPoWriMo Day 10: Today’s prompt (optional, as always) is another one from the archives, first suggested to us by long-time Na/GloPoWriMo participant Vince Gotera. It’s the hay(na)ku). Created by the poet Eileen Tabios and named by Vince, the hay(na)ku...

#coronavirus, #day10, #inspiring, #life, #musings, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #pandemic, #poetrychallenge, #reflections, #relationships

09 Apr

Love: NaPoWriMo Day 9

NaPoWriMo Day 9: The challenge today is to write a “concrete” poem – a poem in which the lines and words are organized to take a shape that reflects in some way the theme of the poem. This might...

#concretepoem, #emotions, #heart, #love, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #poetrychallenge, #romance

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