NaPoWriMo Day 21: The Magical Words

NaPoWriMo Day 21: The Magical Words

The prompt for Day 21 of NaPoWriMo is to write a poem that incorporates overheard speech. It could be something you’ve heard on the radio, or a phrase you remember from your childhood, even something you overheard a coworker say in the break room! Use the overheard...
NaPoWriMo Day 20: The Game of Cricket

NaPoWriMo Day 20: The Game of Cricket

The prompt for Day 20 of NaPoWrimo is to write a poem that incorporates the vocabulary and imagery of a specific sport or game. Your poem could invoke chess or baseball, hopscotch or canasta, Monopoly or jai alai. The choice is yours! Cricket fever is in the town, so...
Optimism Week 3

Optimism Week 3

We have sown the seeds of optimism in last two weeks, now let’s water the plant a little and show it some light too! This week, I want to share a great poem written by Christian D. Larson. It captures the practice of optimism quite effectively. It stresses on the need...
NaPoWriMo Day 19: The Myth of Bell

NaPoWriMo Day 19: The Myth of Bell

The prompt for Day 19 of NaPoWriMo is to write a poem that recounts a creation myth. It doesn’t have to be an existing creation myth, or even recount how all of creation came to be. It could be, for example, your own take on the creation of ball-point pens, or the...
NaPoWriMo Day 18: Neologism

NaPoWriMo Day 18: Neologism

The prompt for NaPoWriMo for today is to write a poem that incorporates neologisms. What’s that? Well, it’s a made-up word! Your neologisms could be portmanteaus (basically, a word made from combining two existing words, like “motel” coming from “motor” and “hotel”)...