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20 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 20: Life- A Battle

NaPoWriMo Day 20: Our (optional) prompt for the day is to write a sijo. This is a traditional Korean poetic form. Like the haiku, it has three lines, but the lines are much longer. Typically, they are 14-16 syllables,...

#battle, #life, #lifepoems, #lifepoetry, #micropoetry, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2021, #poetrychallenge, #sijo, #versesandhues

19 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 19: Glorious Memories

I am following the prompt of ArtoonsInn Poetry Parlour for Day 19. The prompt is to write a poem on one of your memories Glorious Memories Head bowed, hands folded, bent on knees, We both were seated beside each...

#artoonsinn, #ArtoonsInnPoetryParlour, #marriage, #memories, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2021, #nostalgia, #poetry, #poetrychallenge, #sikhism, #sikhwedding, #verses, #versesandhues, #wedding

18 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 18: Listening to our shadow

NaPoWriMo Day 18 Prompt: This one comes to us from Stephanie Malley, who challenges us to write a poem based on the title of one of the chpaters from Susan G. Wooldridge’s Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words. The book’s table...

#life, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2021, #poetry, #reflection, #shadow, #soul, #verses, #versesandhues

17 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 17: In search of my soul

NaPoWriMo Day 17 : For better or worse, the moon seems to exert a powerful hold on poets, as this large collection of moon-themed poems suggests. Today, I’d like to challenge you to stop fighting the moon. Lean in. Accept the...

#artoonsinn, #ArtoonsInnPoetryParlour, #intriguing, #introspection, #moon, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2021, #nature, #naturepoetry, #SearchForSoul, #soulsearch, #versesandhues

15 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 15: Proud to be my dad’s daughter

NaPoWriMo Day 15: Today’s prompt asks you to think about a small habit you picked up from one of your parents, and then to write a piece that explores an early memory of your parent engaged in that habit,...

#gratitude, #habits, #humility, #life, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2021, #prayer, #values, #versesandhues

13 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 13: Sands of Time

NaPoWriMo Day 13 Prompt: Write a poem in the form of a news article you wish would come out tomorrow. Artoonsinn Prompt: Write a poem on the theme “Sands of Time”. I didn’t quite follow the format of news...

#artoonsinn, #ArtoonsInnPoetryParlour, #inspiring, #life, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2021, #sandsoftime, #time, #versesandhues

12 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 12: Waltzing to Life’s Rhythm

NaPoWriMo Day 12: I’m calling this one “Past and Future.” This prompt challenges you to write a poem using at least one word/concept/idea from each of two specialty dictionaries: Lempriere’s Classical Dictionary and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction. A hat tip...

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11 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 11: A Letter to Leonardo Da Vinci

NaPoWriMo Day 11: This is a twist on a prompt offered by Kay Gabriel during a meeting she facilitated at the Poetry Project last year. Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a two-part poem, in the form of an...

#artist, #fiction, #LeonardoDaVinci, #letter, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2021, #versesandhues

09 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 9: The Spotlight Effect

I followed the prompt given by Artoonsinn Poetry Parlour for today. It requires us to write a poem on the theme “spotlight.” Poem: The Spotlight Effect The glitz and glamour Of the virtual and social life The number of...

#artoonsinn, #ArtoonsInnPoetryParlour, #inspiration, #inspiring, #life, #musings, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2021, #spotlight, #versesandhues

07 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 7: Dreams

NaPoWriMo Day 7 Prompt: And now, for our (optional) prompt! There are many different poetic forms. Some have specific line counts, syllable counts, stresses, rhymes, or a mix-and-match of the above. Of the poetic forms that are based on...

#dreams, #fib, #inspiration, #inspiringpoems, #micropoetry, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2021, #versesandhues

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