Today’s prompt: a poem inspired by noir. I’m not so impressed with the result, but I’ll leave that for the reader to judge… Continue reading
National Poetry Writing Month
National Poetry Writing Month: Day #8 (April 8, 2013)
Not especially versed in either ottava rima or iambic pentameter (today’s prompt), so I’m winging it—’cause that’s sort of what I do… Continue reading
National Poetry Writing Month: Day #7 (April 7, 2013)
Today’s prompt: write a poem in which each line takes the form of a single, declarative sentence, except for the last one, which should be in the form of a question. Harder than it sounds, but… Continue reading
National Poetry Writing Month: Day #6 (April 6, 2013)
Today’s writing prompt: a valediction. Now I know what valedictorian means, after all these years. Continue reading
National Poetry Writing Month: Day #5 (April 5, 2013)
I partly ignored today’s writing prompt. A cinquain doesn’t sound like much of a stretch for me, since I often write in stanzas of five lines—but I really don’t want to get so technical with my writing. It’s enough for me that I sometimes am able to establish a particular rhythm within a piece… Continue reading
National Poetry Writing Month: Day #4 (April 4, 2013)
Today, I actually went with the writing prompt—i.e., “write a poem with a title drawn from one of [the Iain M. Banks] spaceship names”… Continue reading
National Poetry Writing Month: Day #3 (April 3, 2013)
I ignored the writing prompt for day #3 as well. Not interested so much in sea shanties, I’m afraid. Continue reading
National Poetry Writing Month: Day #2 (April 2 , 2013)
For day 2, I ignored the writing prompt. Instead, I wrote about the previous night’s dreams… Continue reading
National Poetry Writing Month: Day #1 (April 1, 2013)
For the first day, I followed the prompt, which was to write a poem that has the same first line as another poem.
(I got my first line for this poem from the book Hailstones and Halibut Bones, by Mary O’Neill.) Continue reading
Giving National Poetry Writing Month a Shot
It’s National Poetry Writing Month this month. I didn’t actually know about it until March 31st, but I decided I’d give it a shot anyway. Continue reading
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