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”
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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”
Get into the Junk Drawer Song
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt called “Junk Drawer Song” is an interesting juxtaposition of thoughts on a song and the stuff in the junk drawer. The April PAD Challenge is a “Get (blank)” title poem. Over at the A to Z Challenge they linked to a bunch of random generators in hopes to inspire. My Janus wordContinue reading “Get into the Junk Drawer Song”
What the Inanimate Need to Do
The NaPoWriMo prompt for today is to write an unusual character’s to-do list. The PAD challenge is to write a persona poem for an inanimate object. Over at A to Z the word is “hustle.” I’m feeling that. My Janus phrase for today is hold up which can mean to support or aid, or toContinue reading “What the Inanimate Need to Do”
After Fleeting Moments Fly
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is a bit odd (but timely since I found out last night that a friend died). We are to write a monologue poem delivered by someone who is dead. Poem-a-Day prompt is a metaphor poem. A to Z Challenge is Game. My Janus word is garnish: With food, the verb means “toContinue reading “After Fleeting Moments Fly”
Original ideas through playing with opposites
Today at the dVerse Poets Pub, the Poetics prompt is to write an opposite poem. Lisa offered up an amazing video called The Opposites Game from TED Ed that I highly recommend watching. I thought it would be fun to start with one of my own old poems and create its “opposite.” I started withContinue reading “Original ideas through playing with opposites”
Fun with Collective Nouns
The NaPoWriMo prompt today is to choose a short line from a beloved book as the title of the poem, then once the poem is written, completely change the title. At first I had trouble deciding which book to draw from, but then my eyes rested on my beautiful copy of A Compendium of CollectiveContinue reading “Fun with Collective Nouns”
A Wine-tinted World
The World through Grape-colored Glasses Peering out my wine windows tinted and cloudedat a swirling landscapeof bitter-sweetsthe view skewedby tannins and corkfloaters amongthe cloudy reveriesshuttering mywine windowsI delvethe cellars deepfor lofty thoughtsand epiphaniesbefore the headykerplunk This poem is a response to today’s Quadrille prompt at dVerse Poets Pub.
Heightened Senses
The prompt for NaPoWriMo is a form prompt called “The Shapes a Bright Container Can Contain.” We are to emulate a poems shape/line lengths and use the same first letter of each line. Over at the A to Z challenge there is a dice game of challenges and rewards. I’m enjoying their theme this year.Continue reading “Heightened Senses”
Liminal Imagery
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is to choose an image from @SpaceLiminalBot to inspire a poem. PAD Challenge: Write an active poem Self-fulfilling All of the shelves are emptythe end is near nothing left to read herethe end is near the light blotches in the blue carpetlead the eye to the liner left in the trash canContinue reading “Liminal Imagery”
Experience Writing 