Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is to write a sijo. Thank you for featuring yesterday’s perch rant.The PAD Challenge is a two for Tuesday: 1. Write a love poem 2. Write an anti-love poemThe Janus word for A to Z challenge is qualified which can mean “limited” (as in “qualified success”); or “skilled, skillful” (as in “aContinue reading “Sijo: a new form to me”
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Well, if I have to rant about something . . .
I just enjoyed the first presentation of Crime Writer’s Week with author Leigh Russell. She had lots of tips for writers and mentioned poetry often. I’m looking forward to the next panel. I hope you will find time to enjoy some of this free conference this week. I have crime in each of my novelContinue reading “Well, if I have to rant about something . . .”
Who were you in my dream collage
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is to find inspiration from a chapter title in Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words by Susan G. Wooldridge. The PAD Challenge is to write an ekphrastic poem. I was inspired by the chapter “collage” to look at some collage programs online. I had a lot of fun with Word Art, creatingContinue reading “Who were you in my dream collage”
#SoCS: Stream of Consciousness helped me write a moon poem
There’s a lot going on today. The Write Hive Conference has workshops and presentations all day and it’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday (#SoCS) with the prompt “mash,” so that should be an interesting combination (a day of stream of consciousness while attending a conference). One of the sponsors for Write Hive is Prowritingaid which willContinue reading “#SoCS: Stream of Consciousness helped me write a moon poem”
A Pretend Trip to Palouse
The NaPoWriMo prompt is to relax with a Skeltonic. The Poem-a-Day prompt is to write a city poem. Over at A to Z Challenge we’re reminded that this is a challenge and to Never Give Up! The Janus word is nonplussed.It can mean so surprised and confused that one is unsure how to react orContinue reading “A Pretend Trip to Palouse”
I Couldn’t Think of Anything: ended up with way too much
I can’t believe we’re already at the halfway point. The days are flying. There’s a free online writing conference this weekend starting tomorrow called WRITEHIVE. I signed up yesterday. There are free workshops and presentations all weekend. Did any of you attend last year? I hope you’ll join me. Let me know in the commentsContinue reading “I Couldn’t Think of Anything: ended up with way too much”
From Where I’m Sitting, I Fill Up the Sky
The NaPoWriMo prompt is to write a poem about the meaning of your first or last name. The April PAD prompt is to write a poem inspired by your immediate surroundings. My Janus word for the A to Z Challenge is left.As a past tense verb, it means “to have gone”; as an adjective, itContinue reading “From Where I’m Sitting, I Fill Up the Sky”
Tomorrow’s Headline
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is to write a poem in the form of a news article you wish would come out tomorrow. Today’s PAD Challenge is the second two for Tuesday: Write a lucky poem and/or… Write an unlucky poem. Over at the A to Z Challenge they encourage a quick game of Klondike solitaire toContinue reading “Tomorrow’s Headline”
Just now in future past
Today’s NaPoWriMo challenge is to use words and concepts from Lempriere’s Classical Dictionary and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction. The PAD prompt is to use the words: convict, great, play, race, season, and voice. With an extra challenge of writing a sestina. My Janus phrase for the A to Z challenge is: just now(1)Continue reading “Just now in future past”
An Exchange of Letters
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is to write a poem containing a letter and a response. The PAD Challenge prompt is a prime number poem. Dear Sandman,This is to extendan open invitationto come by tonightand bring me a dreamI haven’t seen youin such a long timeI am exhaustedplease come I’m afraidI will have to passwith the daysContinue reading “An Exchange of Letters”