National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Write a poem that incorporates homophones, homographs, and homonyms, or otherwise makes productive use of English’s ridiculously complex spelling rules and opportunities for mis-hearings and mis-readings. Writer’s Digest April PAD (poem a day) challenge: Pick a state (or province, territory, etc.), make it the title of your poem, and then,Continue reading “Fun with homonyms – Poem: Washington & The Planner Experiment April Week Three”
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L is for lucubration- Poem: Not Alone
Today’s new word: lucubration n. 1. laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night. 2. the result of such activity, as a learned speech or dissertation. Often lucubrations. 3. any literary effort, especially of a pretentious or solemn nature. National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Write a poem about something mysterious and spooky! Writer’s Digest AprilContinue reading “L is for lucubration- Poem: Not Alone”
K is for kayfabe-Poem: The Art of Kayfabe
Today’s new word: kayfabe n. 1. (in professional wrestling) the fact or convention of presenting staged performances as genuine or authentic. National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Write a poem about a dull thing that you own, and why (and how) you love it. Alternatively, what would it mean to you to give away or destroyContinue reading “K is for kayfabe-Poem: The Art of Kayfabe”
J is for jequirity bean and jumbies- Poem: Origins
Today’s new word: jequirity bean (Abrus precatorius) n. 1. the poisonous scarlet and black seed of the rosary pea often used for beads jumbie n. a type of mythological spirit or demon in the folklore of some Caribbean countries National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Write a poem of origin. Where are you from? Not justContinue reading “J is for jequirity bean and jumbies- Poem: Origins”
I is for ipseity- Poem: Whatever It Is
Today’s new word: ipseity n. selfhood; individual identity. National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Write a poem that starts from a regional phrase, particularly one to describe a weather phenomenon. Writer’s Digest April PAD (poem a day) challenge: Write a lone poem. Perhaps the poem is about a solitary wanderer or person who just prefers to goContinue reading “I is for ipseity- Poem: Whatever It Is”
H is for horripilation- Poem: Things that are love/ Things that are not love
Today’s new word: horripilation n. a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; goose bumps. National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Write your own Sei Shonagon-style list of “things.” The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon Writer’s Digest April PAD (poem a day) challenge: Write a love poem. All you need is love.Continue reading “H is for horripilation- Poem: Things that are love/ Things that are not love”
G is for grig- Poem: The Horror Show
Today’s new word: grig n. 1. a cricket or grasshopper. 2. a small or young eel. 3. a lively person. National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Think about the argot of a particular job or profession, and see how you can incorporate it into a metaphor that governs or drives your poem. The provided list ofContinue reading “G is for grig- Poem: The Horror Show”
F is for fainéant
Today’s new word: fainéant n. an idler. adj. idle; indolent. National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Write a poem that emphasizes the power of “if,” of the woulds and coulds and shoulds of the world. Writer’s Digest April PAD (poem a day) challenge: “After (blank),” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the newContinue reading “F is for fainéant”
E is for eleemosynary- Poem:Donations Eaten by Bureaucracy
Today’s new word: eleemosynary adj. 1. of or relating to alms, charity, or charitable donations; charitable. 2. derived from or provided by charity. 3. dependent on or supported by charity. National Poetry Writing Month prompt: “Write a poem that incorporates at least one of the following: (1) the villanelle form, (2) lines taken from anContinue reading “E is for eleemosynary- Poem:Donations Eaten by Bureaucracy”
C is for cathect- Poem:Call of the King Fisher
Today’s new word: cathect vt. to invest with mental or emotional energy National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Write something that involves a story or action that unfolds over an appreciable length of time. Writer’s Digest April PAD (poem a day) challenge: Write an animal poem. The poem could be about an animal. Or it couldContinue reading “C is for cathect- Poem:Call of the King Fisher”
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