Off-prompt, and based on mis-read graffiti.
day 10
National Poetry Writing Month 2022, Day 10
My Day 10 poem, based on the prompt at https://www.napowrimo.net/day-ten-10/
National Poetry Writing Month 2020, Day 10
The napowrimo.net prompt for day 10 is to write a modified haiku (called hay(na)ku—ugh): the first line is one word, the second is two words, and the third is three words. It can stand alone, or several can be chained together. Continue reading
National Poetry Writing Month 2019 Day #10 (pt. 2)
My second poem for Day 10, follows Chris Jarmick’s POETRYisEVERYTHING prompt: ten lines about something which [sic] was, but now is not. https://chrisjarmick.wordpress.com/2019/04/10/napowrimo-prompts-for-april-10-1112-13-14-plus-some-poems/
National Poetry Writing Month 2019 Day #10
Only one prompt available for Day 10 so far…
The napowromo.net prompt calls for ‘a poem that starts from a regional phrase, particularly one to describe a weather phenomenon’.
There’s nothing particularly regional about the phrases I included. The one that opens the poem is something my ex used to say (probably still does, as I note in the poem); the other two are my own phrases, which I use to describe states of rainy weather I still associate with particular times of the year. Continue reading
National Poetry Writing Month 2018, Day 10
This little monster, based on the Napowrimo.net prompt for Day 10—a lot of things happening at once—is a bit of a hybrid, combining bits of actual conversation or correspondence with sarcastic interjections by me. All of this is framed by the news that my desktop computer’s hard drive is beginning to fail. Is this really a poem? Whether it is or not, I’m going with it…
National Poetry Writing Month 2017, Day 10
My tenth poem for National Poetry Writing Month uses the prompt from Napowrimo.net—to write ‘a poem that is a portrait of someone important to you.’ This is perhaps a bit rougher than I would like, but it has been almost 25 years… Continue reading
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.
Ordinary Average Thoughts 