Today’s new word: salvific adj. Having the intention or power to bring about salvation or redemption. National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Write a poem that engages with another art form – it might be about a friend of yours who paints or sculpts, your high school struggles with learning to play the French horn, orContinue reading “S is for salvific- Poem: Correspondence”
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Poem: Camouflage in the City on Easter Sunday
National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Write a poem that, like The Color of Pomegranates and “City That Does Not Sleep,” incorporates wild, surreal images. Try to play around with writing that doesn’t make formal sense, but which engages all the senses and involves dream-logic. Writer’s Digest April PAD (poem a day) challenge: For today’s prompt,Continue reading “Poem: Camouflage in the City on Easter Sunday”
R is for ruddle- Poem: The Cave Wall
Today’s new word: ruddle n. a red variety of ocher, used for marking sheep, coloring, etc. v. (used with object), rud·dled, rud·dling. to mark or color with ruddle. Today’s word was found in a slightly roundabout way. I started at raddleman which directed me to ruddleman n. a person who deals in ruddle. National PoetryContinue reading “R is for ruddle- Poem: The Cave Wall”
q is for quires- Poem: Now I Lay Me
Today’s new word: quires n. 1. a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper. 2. Bookbinding . a section of printed leaves in proper sequence after folding; gathering. National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Yesterday’s poem, Little Bee, is the featured poem on NaPoWriMo today. So exciting. Thank you. Write an abecedarian poem – a poemContinue reading “q is for quires- Poem: Now I Lay Me”
P is for perfidy- Poem: Little Bee
Today’s new word: perfidy n. 1. deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery. 2. an act or instance of faithlessness or treachery. National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Write an elegy of your own, one in which the abstraction of sadness is communicated not through abstract words, but physical detail. This prompt is quite timely.Continue reading “P is for perfidy- Poem: Little Bee”
O is for ostracon – Poem: I Am a Piece
Today’s new word: ostracon n. a piece of pottery, usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel. In an archaeological or epigraphical context, ostraca refer to sherds or even small pieces of stone that have writing scratched into them. Usually these are considered to have been broken off before the writing was added;Continue reading “O is for ostracon – Poem: I Am a Piece”
M is for maypop- Poem: Seer
Today’s new word: maypop n. 1. the edible fruit of the passionflower, Passiflora incarnata, of the southern U.S. 2. the plant itself. 3. South Midland and Southern U.S. May apple. National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Write your own dramatic monologue. It doesn’t have to be quite as serious as Browning or Shakespeare, of course, butContinue reading “M is for maypop- Poem: Seer”
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”
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