Dear Sunday,
You’re looking awfully refreshed!
Love,
Kevin
(3 April 2016)
Musings
National Poetry Writing Month 2016, Day #3
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is another one that made me immediately recoil: write a poem in the form of a fan letter to a celebrity. I made this palatable by using the viator form, in which the first line of the first stanza becomes the second line of the second stanza, and so on, until the poem ends with the line with which it began.
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Dear Saturday…
Dear Saturday,
It’s the weekend—why so glum?
Love,
Kevin
(2 April 2016)
National Poetry Writing Month 2016, Day #2
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is to ‘write a poem that takes the form of a family portrait.’ We never did those in my family, so (as Mad magazine might put it) blecch!
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My current stack of books to read
(1 April 2016)
Dear Friday…
Dear Friday,
Good morning Friday! I’d ask what you’ve done with March, but you are looking rather nice today…
Love,
Kevin
(1 April 2016)
National Poetry Writing Month 2016, Day #1
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is to write a lune, a three-line poem with a 5-3-5 syllable count.
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Dear Thursday…
Dear Thursday,
Well, at least I got my taxes filed…
Love,
Kevin
(31 March 2016)
Spring breeze haiku (A poem)
National Poetry Writing Month starts on Friday. …
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Dear Wednesday…
Dear Wednesday,
This is turning out to be a fine morning, isn’t it? I still can’t hear a damn thing, but I’ll take it…
Love,
Kevin
(30 March 2016)
