Tag Archives: NaPoWriMo

NaPoWriMo day 18 – April 18, 2020

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Meg

Hello all.  The prompt today was to write an ode to life’s small pleasures.  There are so many that call out to be included, but today it is – The Breeze The bliss of a breeze Is the softness on … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo day 17 – April 17, 2020

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Meg

Hello all.  Today’s prompt, a poem about old technology.  So without further ado, I give you a sonnet. Sonnet to a #2 Pencil Oh number two pencil where for art thou? Why did the modern world forsake you so? We … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo day 16 – April 16, 2020

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Meg

Hello All.  Yesterday’s poem was a big job, so I was feeling kind of minimalist today.  But the prompt was a poem about someone or something you love.  So this is short, but the feelings are long.   Singing in … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo day 15 – April 15, 2020 Halfway Through

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Meg

Hello All.  Half way through poetry month.  So far I have made it, though not without a struggle here and there.  Today’s prompt was to write a poem based on a favorite piece of music.  I chose a piece that … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo day 14 – April 14, 2020

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Meg

Hello All.  If you know anything about me you know I love Ogden Nash poetry.  Today’s prompt was to be inspired by one of our poetry inspirations.  I reference a number of poems in the piece.  At the bottom I … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo day 13 – April 13, 2020

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Meg

Hello.  The prompt today was to be write a poem about something you have stollen.  Instead, I just wrote a poem with stollen lines.  Each line of this poem came from the online metaphor generator, https://benjaminblaesi.com/synaesthetic-metaphor-generator.  I added 4 words.  Enjoy. … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo Day 12 – April 12, 2020

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Meg

Hello, and Happy Easter and Syun-Ki and all other Sunday celebrations.  Today’s prompt was to construct a Triolet, which has a odd rhyming scheme and repeating lines.  But here, today, you get two for the price of one. Snow The … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo day 11 – April 11, 2020

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Meg

Hello All.  The prompt for today was to use flowers, and the special language of flowers, to inspire the poem.  Like our Victorians ancestors, I had some experience in this, from a trip long ago.  But that is a story … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo day 10 – April 10, 2020

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Meg

Hello Poetry people.  Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt was to write a poem in the form of a hay(na)ku, a variant on the haiku. A hay(na)ku consists of a three-line stanza, where the first line has one word, the second line has two … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo day 9 – April 9, 2020

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Meg

Hello all.  The prompt for today was creating a poem in which the lines and words organize to take a shape.   My shape then took shape.

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