by Feelings and Freedom | Apr 25, 2020 | NaPoWriMo 2020
NaPoWriMo Day 25: The prompt, which you can find in its entirety here, was developed by the poet and teacher Hoa Nguyen, asks you to use a long poem by James Schuyler as a guidepost for your poem. This is a prompt that allows you to sink deeply...
by Feelings and Freedom | Apr 18, 2020 | NaPoWriMo 2020, Poetry
NaPoWriMo Day 18: Our optional prompt for the day is to write an ode to life’s small pleasures. Perhaps it’s the first sip of your morning coffee. Or finding some money in the pockets of an old jacket. Discovering a bird’s nest in a lilac bush or just looking up at...
by Feelings and Freedom | Apr 16, 2020 | NaPoWriMo 2020, Poetry
NaPoWriMo Day 16: Today we challenge you to write a poem of over-the-top compliments. Pick a person, place, or thing you love, and praise it in the most effusive way you can. Go for broke with metaphors, similes, and more. Here’s to two people I love the most! ...
by Feelings and Freedom | Apr 15, 2020 | NaPoWriMo 2020, Poetry
NaPoWriMo Day 15: The challenge today is to write a poem inspired by your favorite kind of music. Try to recreate the sounds and timing of a pop ballad, a jazz improvisation, or a Bach fugue. That could mean incorporating refrains, neologisms and flights of whimsy, or...
by Feelings and Freedom | Apr 13, 2020 | NaPoWriMo 2020, Poetry
NaPoWriMo Day 13: Today, I challenge you to write a non-apology for the things you’ve stolen. Maybe it’s something as small as your sister’s hairbrush (or maybe it was your sister’s boyfriend!) So, I want to confess to a few acts of stealing. Hope the punishment...
