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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Poetry
Working on the new book, day 2
The second day of picking possible images for the poems in the new book seemed to much slower—I got part of the way through the Oddities section before calling it a day after less than twenty poems and three hours. Continue reading
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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Working on the new book, day 1
Technically, I have been easing my way into this book for the last couple of weeks, but today marks my first full day of actively working on it. So, what have I done with it? Continue reading
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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Stuff—31 March 2016
With the end of March comes the start of April—and, with the start of April, National Poetry Writing Month, a/k/a NaPoWriMo. Accordingly, this seems as good a time as any for an update… Continue reading
Spring breeze haiku (A poem)
National Poetry Writing Month starts on Friday. …
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The grand excuse (a poem)
I am really not this cynical, but sometimes you have to follow the thought to its conclusion…
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the longest night (A poem)
A nasty cold is not particularly conducive to writing poetry, but I gave it a shot…
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The end of asymmetry (A poem)
A random thought…
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