NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo Day 8: Connecting the dots

NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo Day 8: Connecting the dots

Here’s the prompt for Day 8: Today, I’d like to challenge you to think about the argot of a particular job or profession, and see how you can incorporate it into a metaphor that governs or drives your poem. This rather astonishing list of professional slang terms...
NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo 2019 Day 6: If…

NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo 2019 Day 6: If…

Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem of the possible. What does that mean? Well, take a look at these poems by Raena Shirali and Rachel Mennies. Both poems are squarely focused not on what has happened, or what will happen, but on what might happen if the...
NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo 2019 Day 5: The tumultuous voices

NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo 2019 Day 5: The tumultuous voices

Today’s prompt comes from a poem by Kyle Dargan, called “Diaspora: A Narcolepsy Hymn.” This poem is inspired by the work of others – in this case, the poet Morgan Parker, and lyrics from songs by Beyoncé and The Notorious B.I.G. The poem also partakes of one of the...
It’s never too late to begin

It’s never too late to begin

It’s never too late to begin and we are never too old to set a new goal or chase our lost dreams. Regrets have become a part of our nature. We often keep resenting our lost opportunities but we forget that in doing so, we might be repeating our past mistakes, we might...