Today’s final NaPoWriMo prompt is to write directions describing how a person should get to a particular place. The final PAD prompt is a goodbye poem. Over at the A to Z Challenge they have a word scramble. The Janus word for today is zip which can mean energy, vim, or nothing, nada, zero TimeContinue reading “The Final Destination”
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An Irreplaceable View
Tonight is the Poetry & the Creative Mind Gala. It’s free. The NaPoWriMo prompt for today is to imagine looking through a window, any window, and describing what I see. The PAD prompt is to write an evening poem. Over at the A to Z Challenge they’re playing the Yes Game. My Janus word isContinue reading “An Irreplaceable View”
To Believe or Not Believe in Obscure Sorrows
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is to find inspiration in The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows . Both “sonder” and “occhiolism” made me think of the same thing, so I guess that’s the inspiration. The Poem-a-Day two for Tuesday is: Write a believe poem and/or… Write a don’t believe poem. At the A to Z Challenge they areContinue reading “To Believe or Not Believe in Obscure Sorrows”
Sky Awareness Week
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is to write a poem for a particular occasion. And the Poem-a-Day prompt is to write a thought poem. The occasion prompt inspired me to head over to National Day Calendar and see what kind of National events and “days” are happening. I was surprised by what I found. Today is: NationalContinue reading “Sky Awareness Week”
Exporting Flying Dreams
NaPoWriMo has a fun prompt where I’m to find an article about an animal and replace the animal name with an abstract or other specific concrete noun. The Poem-a-Day challenge is to write a question poem and my Janus word for the A to Z Challenge is unbending; meaning both rigid, inflexible, refusing to yieldContinue reading “Exporting Flying Dreams”
It’s Not Easy to Eagle a Mergansered Verb to a Terrible Appointment
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is to write a response poem to another poem. The PAD challenge is to write an appointments poem. My Janus word for the A to Z Challenge is terrible which can mean formidable, or lousy. Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt inspired me to head over to ModPo on coursera to listen to and readContinue reading “It’s Not Easy to Eagle a Mergansered Verb to a Terrible Appointment”
A Feather in His Cap
Today NaPoWriMo,s challenge is a metonymy prompt: “write a poem that invokes a specific object as a symbol of a particular time, era, or place.” The Poem-a-Day prompt is to write a nature poem. Today’s Janus word for the A to Z Challenge is screen which can mean to conceal with or as if withContinue reading “A Feather in His Cap”
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”
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