Here we are, halfway through this year’s National Poetry Writing Month—a new poem each day for the 30 days of April.
NaPoWriMo
National Poetry Writing Month 2019 Day #15 (pt. 2)
Here is my Day 15 poem using the napowrimo.net prompt: a dramatic monologue. I don’t know if my poem counts, but it’s a true story, and it really did feel like a scene from a Japanese drama.
National Poetry Writing Month 2019 Day #15 (pt. 1)
Here is my poem for Day 15 using the POETRYisEVERYTHING prompt: a poem in which half the lines, including the last line, are borrowed from a book or long magazine article. (https://chrisjarmick.wordpress.com/2019/04/14/napowrimo-prompts-for-april-15-and-april-16-plus-some-prompt-poems/)
I chose excerpts from the Bill Nelson interview in issue 1.2 (Indian Summer 1993) of Fond Affexxions. (I hate Etsy, but there is a copy listed for sale there, if you want to take a look: https://www.etsy.com/listing/174753303/fond-affexxions-magazine-fanzine-no-12.) Lines 1, 3, 5 (after the ‘and’), 7, 9, and 12 are taken from the interview. I particularly liked the phrase I used for the last line, so I made sure to keep it, even though it meant ending the poem with a huge non-sequitur.
National Poetry Writing Month 2019 Day #14 (pt. 2)
Here is my Day 14 poem using the napowrimo.net prompt: a poem incorporating homophones, homographs, and homonyms. I probably should have waited until first thing in the morning instead of writing just before bed (the napowrimo.net prompt goes live at 9 PM Pacific time), because this poem (as such) is just silly.
National Poetry Writing Month 2019 Day #14 (pt. 1)
Here is my poem for Day 14 using the POETRYisEVERYTHING prompt: Write a poem using at least six unusual words beginning with V in a poem at least eight lines long.
I went all out on this one, folks:
National Poetry Writing Month 2019 Day #13 (pt. 2)
Here is my Day 13 poem using the napowrimo.net prompt: a poem about something mysterious or spooky.
National Poetry Writing Month 2019 Day #13 (pt. 1)
Here is my poem for Day 13 using the POETRYisEVERYTHING prompt: Write a poem in the style of bill bissett.
Not really my thing, but I managed to combine the phonetic (mis)spelling with a bit of fun at my own expense (I’m a copy editor)—and even threw in a Jules and the Polar Bears reference.
National Poetry Writing Month 2019 Day #12 (pt. 2)
Here is my Day 12 poem using the napowrimo.net prompt: writing about a dull thing you own, and why your love it, or about what it would mean to give away or destroy a significant object.
National Poetry Writing Month 2019 Day #12 (pt. 1)
Here is my poem for Day 12 using the POETRYisEVERYTHING prompt: An acrostic poem using the title of a favorite movie from the year you were born; the poem should have something to do with a childhood memory. (https://chrisjarmick.wordpress.com/2019/04/10/napowrimo-prompts-for-april-10-1112-13-14-plus-some-poems/)
I used Irma la Douce and The Pink Panther. Though neither count as favorites, I have seen both of them, and they both came out in 1963.
National Poetry Writing Month 2019 Day #11 (pt. 2)
Here I use the napowrimo.net prompt: a poem of origin.
Ordinary Average Thoughts 