Here is my Day 30 poem using the napowrimo.net prompt: Write a minimalist poem. I did that yesterday, but I can do another one for today. This one marks the ascension of the new emperor in Japan on May 1st.
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National Poetry Writing Month 2019 Day #29 (pt. 2)
Here is my Day 29 poem using the napowrimo.net prompt: Write a poem that meditates from a position of tranquility on an emotion you have felt powerfully.
I took a minimal approach for this one.
National Poetry Writing Month 2019 Day #28 (pt. 2)
Here is my Day 28 poem using the napowrimo.net prompt: Write a meta-poem—a poem about a poem.
National Poetry Writing Month 2019 Day #27 (pt. 1)
Here is my Day 27 poem using the napowrimo.net prompt: Use words from a Shakespeare sonnet.
I used words and phrases from Sonnet XI.
National Poetry Writing Month 2019 Day #26 (pt. 1)
Here is my Day 26 poem using the napowrimo.net prompt: Repetition!
National Poetry Writing Month 2019 Day #25 (pt. 1)
Here is my Day 25 poem using the napowrimo.net prompt: Write a poem that is specific to a season, references all five senses, and includes a rhetorical question.
That can only mean a poem about spring in Seattle…
National Poetry Writing Month 2019 Day #24 (pt. 1)
Here is my Day 24 poem using the napowrimo.net prompt: Open a reference book and use the two pages in front of you as inspiration.
I used Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (Centenary Edition), pages 516 and 517…
National Poetry Writing Month 2019 Day #23 (pt. 2)
Here is my Day 23 poem using the napowrimo.net prompt: Write a poem about an animal.
National Poetry Writing Month 2019 Day #22 (pt. 2)
Here is my Day 22 poem using the napowrimo.net prompt: Write a poem that engages with another art form.
I wrote this poem while looking at the image below (which I drew on April 13th), and listening to a couple of ECM recordings: Dallëndyshe, by the Elina Duni Quartet, and What was said, by Tord Gustavsen with Simin Tander and Jarle Vespestad.
National Poetry Writing Month 2019 Day #21 (pt. 2)
Here is my Day 21 poem using the napowrimo.net prompt: Write a poem incorporating wild, surreal images.
Harder than it sounds…
Ordinary Average Thoughts 