Today I went with Chris Jarmick’s prompt for Day 25: ‘This is from Auburn based writer, poet and artist Brendan McBreen:  Include a turtle, two vegetables, three machines, and four colors in a rhyming poem.’ I did not rhyme, but I did fulfill the other requirements. Even included an extra machine. Continue reading

Today I went with Chris Jarmick’s prompt for Day 24: ‘create a poem primarily made up of just words taken from the book titles you are planning to read.’ Fortunately, I have a lot of books I have yet to read, so this poem is made up of the titles of 22 books. Only my sign-off and the interjection before ‘hope never dies’ are not book titles. Continue reading

The napowrimo.net prompt for Day 23 is to ‘write a poem about a particular letter of the alphabet, or perhaps, the letters that form a short word.’ So I went with something I say on a regular basis. Continue reading

Off-prompt again today. Continue reading

Off-prompt today. Continue reading

The napowrimo.net prompt for day 20 is to ‘write a poem about a handmade or homemade gift that you have received.’ I acknowledge the prompt, but otherwise go my own way. Continue reading