Today’s NaPoWriMo.net prompt:
[W]rite a poem in which every sentence, except for the last one, is in the form of a question.
Musings
National Poetry Writing Month: Day #14 (April 14, 2014)
Today’s prompt comes from Day 14 of the 2014 April PAD Challenge at Writer’s Digest:
[T]ake the phrase ‘If I Were (blank),’ replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then write the poem.
National Poetry Writing Month: Day #13 (April 13, 2014)
Today’s prompt comes from the Poetry Prompts page at PoeWar.com: Write a poem using Skeltonic Verse.
Spam comment poem #1
Since we’re in the midst of National Poetry Writing Month, I thought an interesting exercise would be to incorporate some of the spam comments that my account attracts into a poem. Apart from fixing some of the intentional typos (e.g., thijnk), and introducing the extra line breaks to make them more ‘poem-like’, I’ve used the text as is: Continue reading
Dear Saturday…
Dear Saturday,
A good night’s sleep, followed by a sunny day. Can’t ask for more than that…
Love,
Kevin
(12 April 2014)
Dear Friday…
Dear Friday,
Thanks for letting me step back for a bit. Wednesday and Thursday decided to make things a bit tricky for me…
Love,
Kevin
(12 April 2014)
Dear Thursday…
Dear Thursday,
Sorry to be late—so much going on, but not enough sleep…
Love,
Kevin
(12 April 2014)
National Poetry Writing Month: Day #12 (April 12, 2014)
Today’s prompt is #12 on the LitBridge list:
Talk about something specific a loved one does for you. […] Write a poem that incorporates the feelings and images associated with this event.
National Poetry Writing Month: Day #11 (April 11, 2014)
Today’s prompt involved writing ‘about wine-and-love [sic]’. Wine and I don’t get along so well these days, so I decided to go with #11 on the LitBridge list:
Take an image that you can recall from the prior week. Use this image to help you write a poem.
National Poetry Writing Month: Day #10 (April 10, 2014)
Today’s prompt is #50 on LitBridge’s Creative Writing Prompts for Poetry:
Look at the last 10 poems you have written. Pay attention to the ending lines. Use one of those ending lines to begin a new poem.
