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 …
NaPoWriMo23: Early bird, early bird: What’s the question?
It’s almost that time again; just three days to go before the start of National Poetry Writing Month, NaPoWriMo 2023, …
Walking in the air? Haiku
Walking in the air? Probably best not to try! Leave it to snowmen.
Carols: Haiku
Colour of carols Reds and greens sprinkled with frost Golden melody
Recycled Haiku
Recycled haiku Discovering old treasures Nuggets of pure gold? Image by Tofros.com on Pexels
Merrily On High: Haiku
Riven with angels Ding, Dong, Merrily on High More than a rumour