NaPoWriMo Day 30: For the last day of NaPoWriMo, I’d like you to try an odd little exercise that I have had good results with. Today, I challenge you to write a poem backwards. Start with the last line and work your way up the page to the beginning. Another way to go about this … Continue reading More Illuminated
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I Mitts You
NaPoWriMo Day 26: Our last two prompts have been squarely in the silly zone – this one should give some scope to both the serious-minded and the silly among you. Today, I challenge you to write a persona poem – a poem in the voice of someone else. Your persona could be a mythological or … Continue reading I Mitts You
going nowhere with you fast
NaPoWriMo Day 24: Today, I challenge you to write a parody or satire based on a famous poem. It can be long or short, rhymed or not. But take a favorite (or unfavorite) poem of the past, and see if you can’t re-write it on humorous, mocking, or sharp-witted lines. You can use your poem … Continue reading going nowhere with you fast
Evening Wrap
NaPoWriMo Day 23: I challenge you to take a chance, literally. Find a deck of cards (regular playing cards, tarot cards, uno cards, cards from your “Cards Against Humanity” deck – whatever), shuffle it, and take a card – any card! Now, begin free-writing based on the card you’ve chosen. Keep going without stopping for … Continue reading Evening Wrap
The Sweet Spot of My Life Trajectory: This I Know
Things I know for certain: Music and smells evoke forgotten feelings Breathing is essential to living Laughing, too Society does not allow people the time and space to grieve Forgiveness is a gift to oneself. Things I think I know: Entwined fingers are more intimate than tangled bodies Moving furniture can change one’s perspective Buying … Continue reading The Sweet Spot of My Life Trajectory: This I Know
He Really Gets Me
NaPoWriMo Day 16: I challenge you to write in the form known as the terzanelle. A hybrid of the villanelle and terza rima, terzanelles consist of five three-line stanzas and a concluding quatrain. Lines and rhymes are chained throughout the poem, so that the middle line of each triplet is repeated as the last line of … Continue reading He Really Gets Me
Hopeful Romantic
NaPoWriMo Day 15: I challenge you to write a poem that addresses itself or some aspect of its self (i.e. “Dear Poem,” or “what are my quatrains up to?”; “Couplet, come with me . . .”) This might seem a little meta at first, or even kind of cheesy. But it can be a great way … Continue reading Hopeful Romantic
Cocktail Party Conversations: Re-Mixed
NaPoWriMo Day 14: I challenge you to write a poem that takes the form of a dialogue. She: I believe the only love worth wanting and having is that forever kind. He: You are incredibly old fashioned for a modern girl. She: I like old fashioned! He: I don’t suppose you mean the whisky cocktail? … Continue reading Cocktail Party Conversations: Re-Mixed
Irresistibly Dangerous
NaPoWriMo Day 13: In keeping with the mysterious quality of the number 13, today I challenge you to write a riddle poem. This poem should describe something without ever naming it. Perhaps each line could be a different metaphor for the same object? Maybe the title of the poem can be the “answer” to the … Continue reading Irresistibly Dangerous
Give Away
She does not dare open her mouth For fear the words will fall out But her smile is undeniable. ~Just L (December 13, 2014)
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