I am not following the NaPoWriMo prompt today as I am travelling. Here is my Tanka titled "Time" for today. Struggles shadowed life learned opined “It’s bad time" so I changed old watch time stood still without impact is my new watch also bad
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NaPoWriMo Day 27: Mom’s Classic Pie
The NaPoWriMo prompt for today is to write a poem that explores your sense of taste! This could be a poem about food, or wine, or even the oddly metallic sensation of a snowflake on your tongue. A visit to mom forever a delight her zesty food...
NaPoWriMo Day 26: Tanka-Truth or lie
I am not following the NaPoWriMo prompt today. Here’s a Tanka for today: Stranded at cross-roads truth entails a slow poison deceit means drowning in ocean of my own blood which path I stride for solace
NaPoWriMo Day 25: My secret chest
Here’s the prompt for Day 25 of NaPoWriMo. In 1958, the philosopher/critic Gaston Bachelard wrote a book called The Poetics of Space, about the emotional relationship that people have with particular kinds of spaces – the insides of sea shells, drawers, nooks, and all...
NaPoWriMo Day 24: Ekphrasis
It’s Day 24 of NaPoWriMo and the challenge today is to write a poem of ekphrasis — that is, a poem inspired by a work of art. But I’d also like to challenge you to base your poem on a very particular kind of art – the marginalia of medieval manuscripts. Here you’ll...
NaPoWriMo Day 23: Elevenie
The prompt for Day Twenty-Three of NaPoWriMo is to write a double elevenie. What’s that? Well, an elevenie is an eleven-word poem of five lines, with each line performing a specific task in the poem. The first line is one word, a noun. The second line is two words...
NaPoWriMo Day 22: Earth
The NaPoWriMo prompt for today is to write a georgic in honour of Earth Day. Georgic is a poem dealing with practical aspects of agriculture and rural affairs. I have not written a georgic but on the eve of Earth Day, I have written a Tanka to share my thoughts on...
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
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...