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The month-long writing marathon comes to end! I’m glad I was able to keep pace with the prompts. It was indeed a great journey of learning and writing discipline. Though it became challenging on certain days to pen down, but the spirit of NaPoWriMo kept us all moving. Congratulations to all who participated and an … Read more
Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that meditates, from a position of tranquility, on an emotion you have felt powerfully. A long wait… I’ve been searching for you, Since my youth- With a yearning in my eyes Like a part of me, misplaced Like I’m incomplete without you … Read more
Today I’d like to challenge you to try your hand at a meta-poem of your own- which are poems about poems. Sculpting poetry Poetry is a science; poetry is an art Poetry is passion; a form of meditation A poem isn’t some words, awaiting to be explored For a poem to born, it needs inspiration … Read more
And now for our (optional) prompt. Our video resource for the day promises to teach you everything you need to know to write a Shakespearean sonnet, but I’m not going to ask you to do that, exactly. Instead, I’d like to challenge you to “remix” a Shakespearean sonnet. Here’s all of Shakespeare’s sonnets. You can … Read more
Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that uses repetition. You can repeat a word, or phrase. You can even repeat an image, perhaps slightly changing or enlarging it from stanza to stanza, to alter its meaning. There are (perhaps paradoxically) infinite possibilities in repetition. Just when… Just when everything … Read more
The challenge is to write a poem that: Is specific to a season Uses imagery that relates to all five senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell) Includes a rhetorical question, (like Keats’ “where are the songs of spring?”) The changing phase of city I sit by the window of my room … Read more
Today’s (optional) prompt is to write a poem that, like “Dictionary Illustrations,” is inspired by a reference book. Locate a dictionary, thesaurus, or encyclopedia, open it at random, and consider the two pages in front of you to be your inspirational playground for the day. Maybe a strange word will catch your eye, or perhaps … Read more
The challenge today is to write a poem about an animal. I had written on Eagle, couple of months ago, for a similar prompt. You can read that here. This time I have written about an endangered species. The monarch of Arctic Sea ice… Ever dreamt of spending life there? The thought itself sends shivers … Read more
Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that engages with another art form – it might be about a friend of yours who paints or sculpts, your high school struggles with learning to play the French horn, or a wonderful painting, film, or piece of music you’ve experienced – anything is in … Read more
Today, the challenge is to write a poem that, incorporates wild, surreal images. Try to play around with writing that doesn’t make formal sense, but which engages all the senses and involves dream-logic. I have tried to combine surrealism with ‘progressive’ form of poetry. The first line has exactly 11 words, The second line has exactly … Read more