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2017 Poetry Marathon, Hour One: The hot, hazy days of summer? Or a test run in disguise…
First poem of the day. Continue reading
The apprentice’s predilection for surrealistic fiction and Earl Grey (a poem)
Following the January 3rd prompt from Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano: three stanzas—the first including an unusual color; the second, an bizarre book title; and the third, a scientific fact. I found sinoper on Mental Floss, made up the book title, and alluded to a scientific fact without actually stating one. The poem is written in shadorma form.
Poetry Marathon 2016, Hour Twelve: Stipulations for receiving
Twelfth poem of the day. I followed the prompt, which was to write a poem using at least five of the following words: moon, lake, glory, jeep, breastbone, spare, canopy, panic. This means I am officially done with the half marathon. Depending on how I feel after I come back from tonight’s reading, I may try to add a couple more. If I don’t, good night! Continue reading
Poetry Marathon 2016, Hour Eleven: Neither neither nor nor
Eleventh poem of the day. I followed the prompt, which was to write a poem from the point of view of someone without a home. Continue reading
Poetry Marathon 2016, Hour Eight: My stupid obsessions
Eighth poem of the day. The prompt for the hour was to write a pantoum… Continue reading
Green Eye (a brief elaboration)
Today’s napowrimo.net prompt is to translate a poem. My Day #30 poem can be found here. I wanted to fix it up a bit more, however, as it felt incomplete. So—bonus round!—here is a somewhat more polished version, in which I worry less about preserving the exact meaning of the original. It’s not an out-and-out rewrite (even though I added an extra verse/stanza), so I am choosing to think of it more as a brief elaboration…
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National Poetry Writing Month, Day #30
Today’s napowrimo.net prompt is to translate a poem. Seeing as how the closest thing I have to poetry in a foreign language is my small-ish collection of Japanese albums, and I do have experience translating Japanese, I chose as my poem a song by Nav Katze.
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National Poetry Writing Month, Day #29
Today’s napowrimo.net prompt is ‘to write a poem based on things you remember.’ Not a particularly unique prompt (particularly the ‘I remember…’ variant), but I gave it a shot:
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National Poetry Writing Month, Day #28
Today’s napowrimo.net prompt is to write a poem that tells a story backwards. I did that, sort of—I wrote my poem, then reversed the order of the lines (making a couple of small adjustments in the process)…
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Ordinary Average Thoughts 