NaPoWriMo Day 12: Poem
‘And now for another (optional) prompt from our archives. Today, I challenge you to write a poem that addresses itself …
Poetry
NaPoWriMo Day 11: Overheard
‘And finally, our (optional) prompt for the day. This prompt challenges you to play around with the idea of overheard …
NaPoWriMo Day 10: Sea Shanty
Yo-ho=ho! What a relief to have a day off from entrail -gazing. Trying my hand at writing a sea shanty …
NaPoWriMo Day Nine: Sonnet
So to Easter, where I celebrated by trying to channel my inner Shakespeare. Yes, I’ll confess to managing yet another …
NaPoWriMo Day Eight: Acrostic
Time, no time, (not) forced time of rest between two states of being. Metamorphosis of grief, Biological? Metaphorical? Transformational?
NaPoWriMo Day Seven: Lists
Write a poem about, or based on a list. I made heavy weather of this one; waiting until the last …
Days Five and Six: Sorrow and laughter meet; ‘Sounds like…’
Two day’s worth in one go here. The challenge to write juxtaposing the emotions of joy, sorrow and inappropriate laughter …
NaPoWriMo Day Four: Triolet
Today, let’s try writing triolets. A triolet is an eight-line poem. All the lines are in iambic tetramenter (for a …
NaPoWriMo Day Three: Deconstructive Opposites
On to Day Three. My mission, if I chose to complete it, was to construct, or rather deconstruct, a well-known …
NaPoWriMo Day Two: Surrealism
I found this a real challenge: to write a surrealist piece based on my answers to questions sparked by my …
NaPoWriMo Day One: Book Cover
Task for Day One: write a poem inspired by a book cover. If Winnie the Pooh can do it, so …
NaPoWriMo23: EarlyBird – Fun Fact
From the sublime to the ridiculous. The EarlyBird challenge yesterday? To write a poem inspired by a fun fact. Try …