by Feelings and Freedom | Apr 23, 2018 | NaPoWriMo 2018, Poetry
And now for today’s (optional) prompt! Kate Greenstreet’s poetry is spare, but gives a very palpable sense of being spoken aloud – it reads like spoken language sounds. In our interview with her, she underscores this, stating that “when you hear it, you write it...
by Feelings and Freedom | Apr 18, 2018 | NaPoWriMo 2018, Poetry
A very interesting prompt today! First, find a poem in a book or magazine (ideally one you are not familiar with). Use a piece of paper to cover over everything but the last line. Now write a line of your own that completes the thought of that single line you can see,...
by Feelings and Freedom | Apr 16, 2018 | NaPoWriMo 2018, Poetry
The NaPoWriMo prompt for the day asks us to write a poem that prominently features the idea of play. It could be a poem about a sport or game, a poem about people who play (or are playing a game), or even a poem in the form of the rules for a sport or game that you’ve...
by Feelings and Freedom | Apr 10, 2018 | NaPoWriMo 2018, Poetry
The challenge today is to write a poem of simultaneity – in which multiple things are happing at once. I have penned down my thoughts around multiple things that make up a morning. Here’s my take at it. A walking trail in wee hours of morning Is rife with...
by Feelings and Freedom | Apr 7, 2018 | NaPoWriMo 2018, Poetry
Today is seventh day of NaPoWrimo. The challenge today is to write out a list of all of your different layers of identity. For example, you might be a wife, a grandmother, a Philadelphian, a dental assistant, a rabid Phillies fan, a seamstress, retiree, agnostic,...
