Here’s an ode to the month of poetry! Poem: Celebrating Poetry A poetic extravaganza, A literary marathon, A journey of verses, For a month long! – A rendezvous of poetic souls, Compassionate with their words, An eagerness to read, A yearning...
NaPoWriMo Day 29: Today, I went on a trip to question life! Poem: What is Life I light my pride to light this night, To comprehend, The meaning of life – Life, that is a mystery, Today, everyday, Until the day we die – I immerse myself in the...
Poem: I flow I’ve learned to flow, To accept, And move on – To adjust with everyone, To acclimatize, Wherever I am – To continue on my path, Without fear, Despite hurdles – To be transparent, In whatever I say, Or do – To be...
Prompt: Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a “duplex.” A “duplex” is a variation on the sonnet, developed by the poet Jericho Brown. Here’s one of his first “Duplex” poems, and here is a duplex written by the poet I.S. Jones. Like a typical sonnet, a duplex has...
Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that contains at least one of a different kind of simile – an epic simile. Also known as Homeric similes, these are basically extended similes that develop over multiple lines. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they have...
