Today’s prompt is based on Faisal Mohyuddin’s poem “Five Answers to the Same Question.” Today, I’d like to challenge you to write your own poem that provides five answers to the same question – without ever specifically identifying the question that is being answered....
NaPoWriMo Day 21 Prompt: Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that uses lines that have a repetitive set-up. This is my second poem for the day. A Whitney this time with 3-4-3-4-3-4-7 syllabes over 7 lines. Poem: Dawn Dawn brings hopeHope of new dayDay...
NaPoWriMo Day 20: Our (optional) prompt for the day is to write a sijo. This is a traditional Korean poetic form. Like the haiku, it has three lines, but the lines are much longer. Typically, they are 14-16 syllables, and optimally each line will consist of two parts...
NaPoWriMo Day 7 Prompt: And now, for our (optional) prompt! There are many different poetic forms. Some have specific line counts, syllable counts, stresses, rhymes, or a mix-and-match of the above. Of the poetic forms that are based on syllable counts, probably the...
