ALS NaPoWriMo Day 17: Shakespeare said, “What’s in a name?” Do you agree? Some people attribute a great value to their name. What value do you attach to your name? Is there any name that you particularly like? What...
Prompt for Day 16 by Maureen: Today’s prompt is a poem of negation – yes (or maybe, no), I challenge you to write a poem that involves describing something in terms of what it is not, or not like....
ALS NaPoWriMo Prompt Day 15: Let’s focus our thoughts on random things today. Write a poem using as many words as you can from the list of these words – stone, water, candle, shoes, birds, jewelry, song, flowers,...
ALS NaPoWriMo Day 8: Gratitude is one of the biggest virtues. There are many people in our lives to whom we are not able to express our gratitude- spouse, parents, children, friends, relatives, peers, the helpers at our home/office,...
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...
Prompt for Day 16: Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a curtal sonnet. This is a variation on the classic 14-line sonnet. The curtal sonnet form was developed by Gerard Manley Hopkins, and he used it for what...