Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that meditates, from a position of tranquility, on an emotion you have felt powerfully. A long wait… I’ve been searching for you, Since my youth- With a yearning in my eyes Like a part of me,...
Poetry
NaPoWriMo Day 28: Sculpting poetry
Today I’d like to challenge you to try your hand at a meta-poem of your own- which are poems about poems. Sculpting poetry Poetry is a science; poetry is an art Poetry is passion; a form of meditation A poem isn’t some words, awaiting to be explored For a poem...
NaPoWriMo Day 27: Shakespearean Sonnet
And now for our (optional) prompt. Our video resource for the day promises to teach you everything you need to know to write a Shakespearean sonnet, but I’m not going to ask you to do that, exactly. Instead, I’d like to challenge you to “remix” a Shakespearean sonnet....
NaPoWriMo Day 26: Just when…
Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that uses repetition. You can repeat a word, or phrase. You can even repeat an image, perhaps slightly changing or enlarging it from stanza to stanza, to alter its meaning. There are (perhaps paradoxically) infinite...
NaPoWriMo Day 25: The changing phase of city
The challenge is to write a poem that: Is specific to a season Uses imagery that relates to all five senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell) Includes a rhetorical question, (like Keats’ “where are the songs of spring?”) The changing phase of city...
NaPoWriMo Day 24: Thesaurus of my laptop
Today’s (optional) prompt is to write a poem that, like “Dictionary Illustrations,” is inspired by a reference book. Locate a dictionary, thesaurus, or encyclopedia, open it at random, and consider the two pages in front of you to be your inspirational playground for...
NaPoWriMo Day 23: The monarch of Arctic
The challenge today is to write a poem about an animal. I had written on Eagle, couple of months ago, for a similar prompt. You can read that here. This time I have written about an endangered species. The monarch of Arctic Sea ice… Ever dreamt of spending...
NaPoWriMo Day 22: Enlivening music
Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that engages with another art form – it might be about a friend of yours who paints or sculpts, your high school struggles with learning to play the French horn, or a wonderful painting, film, or piece of music you’ve...
NaPoWriMo Day 21: A surrealist dream
Today, the challenge is to write a poem that, incorporates wild, surreal images. Try to play around with writing that doesn’t make formal sense, but which engages all the senses and involves dream-logic. I have tried to combine surrealism with ‘progressive' form of...