NaPoWriMo Day 17: Nocturne

NaPoWriMo Day 17: Nocturne

The prompt of Day 17 of NaPoWriMo is to write a nocturne. In music, a nocturne is a composition meant to be played at night, usually for piano, and with a tender and melancholy sort of sound. Your nocturne should aim to translate this sensibility into poetic form!...
NaPoWriMo Day 16: A Letter to My Love

NaPoWriMo Day 16: A Letter to My Love

The prompt for Day 16 of NaPoWriMo is to take an inspiration from the act of letter-writing. The poem can be in the form of a letter to a person, place, or thing, or in the form of a back-and-forth correspondence.     A Letter to My Love   Dear love It’s...
NaPoWriMo Day 15: Stranded

NaPoWriMo Day 15: Stranded

We are half way through NaPoWriMo. So the prompt for today is to write a poem that reflects on the nature of being in the middle of something. The poem could be about being on a journey and stopping for a break, or the gap between something half-done and all-done.  I...
NaPoWriMo Day 14: Clerihew Quadruplet

NaPoWriMo Day 14: Clerihew Quadruplet

The prompt for NaPoWriMo for today is to  write a clerihew. This is a four line biographical poem that satirizes a famous person. The first line is the name of the poem’s subject, usually a famous person put in an absurd light, or revealing something unknown...
NaPoWriMo Day 13: Haibun

NaPoWriMo Day 13: Haibun

The prompt for NaPoWriMo for today has not yet been uploaded so I followed the prompt shared by Colleen for her Weekly Poetry Challenge #28 which requires words “hard” & “soft” or their synonyms to be used in a haiku, tanka or haibun. I have written a haibun...