Category Archives: Poetry Month

NaPoWriMo day 28 – April 28, 2021

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Meg

Hello All. Today’s prompt is to write a poem all made out of questions? Here are some of my questions this morning. Thank you for visiting. Where Have The Memories Gone?   Where have the memories gone? How did they … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo day 27 – April 27, 2021

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Meg

Hello All. Today’s prompt was to write a poem inspired by an entry from the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. I was not familiar with this work, but some of the words are pretty interesting. I chose one of the simplest, yet, … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo day 26 – April 26, 2021

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Meg

Hello All. The prompt today was to write a parody poem. My parody, is a parody of a parody. In 1932, Ogden Nash took on Joyce Kilmer’s lovely poem Trees, with a modern environmental twist. Almost 90 years later, Mr. … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo day 25 – April 25, 2021

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Meg

Hello All. Today’s prompt is to write an occasion poem. I know the occasion I am looking forward to is that first trip. Thank you for visiting. First Trip   Browsing the fares     And checking the seats Packing my … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo day 24 – April 24, 2021

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Meg

Hello All. The prompt today, find an actual article about an animal, and change the name of the animal into something else. Then use that language to create a poem. Thank you to allaboutbirds.org for their wonderful articles about the … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo day 23 – April 23, 2021

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Meg

Hello All. Today’s prompt was to write a poem that responds, in some way, to another poem. Though I have many poems in my head, ready for such a discussion at a moments notice, today I channeled Earnest Lawrence Thayer, … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo day 22 – April 22, 2021

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Meg

Hello All. The prompt today was to use Metonymy in a poem. The challenge, and it was a challenge, to write a poem that invokes a specific object as a symbol of a particular time, era, or place. (For me; … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo day 21 – April 21, 2021

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Meg

Hello All. Today’s prompt, to write a poem with a repetitive set up, repeating lines, using lines that have a repetitive flow, building and ebbing and cumulative and recurrent. In other words a poem replete with repeats. Thank you for … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo day 20 – April 20, 2021

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Meg

Hello All. Thank you for visiting. Today’s prompt was to write a Sijo. It is a Korean traditional three line poetic form, with each line being 14-16 syllables. This was new to me, but quite enjoyable, as I do like … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo day 19 – April 19, 2021

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Meg

Hello All. The prompt today was to write a humorous rant, and one of the examples was about raccoons who get into garbage cans. Well my brain turned it into a rant from a raccoon. And only one line is … Continue reading →

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