Here we are, halfway through this year’s National Poetry Writing Month—a new poem each day for the 30 days of April.
National Poetry Writing Month
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 