Tag Archives: NaPoWriMo

NaPoWriMo day 30 – April 30, 2021

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Meg

Hello All! We have made it to day 30, and the end of Poetry Month. The prompt for today is to create a poem in the form of a series of directions. Now, if you know me, directions are not … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo day 29 – April 29, 2021

Posted on April 29, 2021 by Meg

Hello All. Today’s prompt was entitled “in the window”. After this month of poetry, the only windows I could visualize have writers on the other side. Thank you for visiting and being part of the process. The Poets Among Us … Continue reading →

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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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