My Day 24 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which is to find an article about an animal, then replace the name of the animal with something else, and use the resulting text as the basis for a poem. I opted for biting satire; I used this Guardian article about leeches. Is it appropriate? Probably not.
My Day 23 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which is to write a poem that responds to another poem. I chose this piece by S. R. Mason, as it got me thinking about taste and flavors. (Maybe I should have called it ‘Flavor-less’, but I liked the punny quality of ‘Taste-less’.)
Dear Thursday,
Almost lost the plot on this one…
Love,
Kevin
(22 April 2021)
My Day 22 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which is to ‘write a poem that invokes a specific object as a symbol of a particular time, era, or place.’
My Day 21 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which is to write a poem containing lines that have a ‘repetitive setup’.
My Day 20 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which is to write a sijo.
My Day 19 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which is to write a humorous rant.
Dear Monday,
I wonder if listening to this album from 1981 today is what it was like for my parents to listen to swing music in 1981…
Love,
Kevin
(19 April 2021)
Dear Sunday,
Well, here we are again.
Love,
Kevin
(18 April 2021)
My Day 18 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which is to write a poem based on the title of a chapter from a book. I opted to use one of the many books in my to-read pile, Haruki Murakami’s Killing Comendatore.
Ordinary Average Thoughts 