by Feelings and Freedom | Apr 5, 2018 | NaPoWriMo 2018, Poetry
Today, the challenge of NaPoWriMo is to write a poem that reacts both to photography and to words in a language not your own. Begin with a photograph. Now find a poem in a language you don’t know. Ignore any accompanying English translation (maybe cover it up, or...
by Feelings and Freedom | Apr 4, 2018 | NaPoWriMo 2018, Poetry
On fourth day of NaPoWriMo Maureen has challenged us today to write a poem that is about something abstract – perhaps an ideal like “beauty” or “justice,” but which discusses or describes that abstraction in the form of relentlessly concrete nouns. Adjectives are fine...
by Feelings and Freedom | Apr 3, 2018 | NaPoWriMo 2018, Poetry
It is the third day of NaPoWriMo and here is today’s prompt. The challenge today is to write a list poem in which all the items are made-up names. If band names don’t inspire, how about a list of titles for romantic novels? Or new television cop dramas? They can be as...
by Feelings and Freedom | Apr 2, 2018 | NaPoWriMo 2018, Poetry
Today is second day of NaPoWriMo.The prompt today is to write a poem that plays with voice. For example, you might try writing a stanza that recounts something in the first-person, followed by a stanza recounting the same incident in the second-person, followed by a...
by Feelings and Freedom | Apr 1, 2018 | NaPoWriMo 2018, Poetry
I am so excited that we begin our NaPoWriMo journey today! Here’s my submission for today: Dawn of a new day Dawns the dawn of new journey A journey so empowering A journey full of hope A journey rife with learning A journey of creativity A journey to outshine...
