Monthly Archives: April 2021

NaPoWriMo day 10 – April 10, 2021

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Meg

Hello All. Today’s prompt was to write a “Junk Drawer Song”. The prompt comes from poet Hoa Nguyen, and it asked us to take a memory invoking song, and combine it with a trip through our junk drawer. My song, … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo day 9 – April 9, 2021

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Meg

Hello All. Prompt for today, a poem in the form of a “to do list” for a an unusual person or character. And so…. Bo Peep – To Do List   Collect Eggs Milk Cows Mend Skirt Take care of … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo day 8 – April 8, 2021

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Meg

Hello All. Today’s prompt is to take inspiration from Spoon River Anthologies, and create a poem that speaks from the grave. After rereading the entries by Edgar Lee Master’s, I am left with this: Spoon River Haiku Edgar Lee Masters … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo Day 7 – April 7, 2021

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Meg

Hello All. Today’s prompt had the delicious, syllable counting poetic form the Fib. This lovely little construction is built upon a syllable count that is based off the Fibonacci sequence of 1/1/2/3/5/8. The Fibonacci numbers, where each number is the … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo Day 6 – April 6, 2021

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Meg

Hello All. Today’s prompt comes from Holly Lyn Walrath: Go to a book you love. Find a short line that strikes you. Make that line the title of your poem. Write a poem inspired by the line. Then, after you’ve … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo Day 5 – April 5, 2021

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Meg

Hello All. Today we are using a poem as a guide to write a different poem, starting line for line with the same letters, letting the easy outline guide our words and thoughts. Though I naturally lean towards Ogden Nash … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo Day 4

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Meg

Hello All, and Happy Easter. I hope everyone had a lovely weekend. The prompt for today was to use a photo from the twitter channel Liminal Spaces. I was drawn to this photo, though its not as cheery as I … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo Day 3

Posted on April 4, 2021 by Meg

Hello All. So today’s prompt was to make a universal “you” deck. A set of cards, each having a word on each side, until you get to 100 words. These are words you like, you relate to, words that can … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo Day 2

Posted on April 3, 2021 by Meg

Hello All. The prompt for today was to use Robert Frost’s wonderful poem The Road Not Taken as inspiration. It is a poem I love, so it was easy to run with this one. I hope you enjoy it. How … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Poetry Month 2021

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Meg

Hello All. The crazy times have lasted a whole year now, and Poetry Month is once again upon us. Thank you for joining me on this journey. Because we have all had a heck of a year, I am going … Continue reading →

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