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The prompt from napowrimo.net today was not enough for me: "in your poem for today, use a simple phrase repeatedly, and then make statements that invert or contradict that phrase." I decided I'd take the idea of simple phrases repeated and write a Pantoum. I
I have made it through the first week of National Poetry Month! 7 days, 9 poems. I have two in the bank in case I fail. Today's prompt from https://www.napowrimo.net/ is: write a poem that emulates school yard clapping or skipping rhyme. Socials Mirror, mirror,
Back on the daily prompts from napowrimo.net today after the Sunday Sonnet. "In your poem today, try writing with a breezy, conversational tone, while including at least one thing that could only happen in a dream." Slip Hey man, it's Monday, early, still dark but
Day 5 of national poetry month. I was not a fan of today's prompt from NaPoWriMo.net (or from Writer's Digest or anyplace else I looked) so I decided I would start a Sunday Sonnet tradition of my own, see if that sticks beyond poetry month.
Today's prompt from https://www.napowrimo.net/ is: craft your own short poem that involves a weather phenomenon and some aspect of the season. Try using rhyme and keeping your lines of roughly even length. I took the last part of the prompt somewhat loosely because I hate
