We are half way through NaPoWriMo. So the prompt for today is to write a poem that reflects on the nature of being in the middle of something. The poem could be about being on a journey and stopping for a break, or the gap between something half-done and all-done. I...
The prompt for NaPoWriMo for today is to write a clerihew. This is a four line biographical poem that satirizes a famous person. The first line is the name of the poem’s subject, usually a famous person put in an absurd light, or revealing something unknown...
The prompt for NaPoWriMo for today has not yet been uploaded so I followed the prompt shared by Colleen for her Weekly Poetry Challenge #28 which requires words “hard” & “soft” or their synonyms to be used in a haiku, tanka or haibun. I have written a haibun...
The prompt for today is to write a poem that explicitly incorporates alliteration (the use of repeated consonant sounds) and assonance (the use of repeated vowel sounds). This doesn’t mean necessarily limiting yourself to a few consonants or vowels, although it could....
Here’s another Tanka inspired by Weekly Tanka Challenge – Week 39 with prompt “Old & New” that serves my second submission for NaPoWriMo Day 11 old rules of new game new rules of the same old game some variations some sluggish old traditions life flows with...
