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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 bliss of life, Exulting … Read more
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 assertive, Wherever needed, In whatever form – I … Read more
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 mainly been used in epic poems, typically as decorative elements that … Read more
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. I’ve written five haikus as five different answers for the question … Read more
I am following the prompt of ArtoonsInn Poetry Parlour to write a poem based on the quote “The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too,” by Vincent van Gogh. Poem Title: A sea of emotions I … Read more
Haiku: Mighty Sun Sun exhales deeplyFlowers wither in its breathEarth looks upto sky ©Vandana Bhasin 14.04.2022
The prompt for Day 4 is to write a poem in the form of a poetry prompt 🙂 Interesting, isn’t it? The poet Mathias Svalina has been writing surrealist prompt-poems for quite a while, posting them to Instagram. You can find examples here, and here, and here. Here’s my Prompt Poem: Prompt Poetry: A poem emerging from stillness … Read more
NaPoWriMo Day 17 : For better or worse, the moon seems to exert a powerful hold on poets, as this large collection of moon-themed poems suggests. Today, I’d like to challenge you to stop fighting the moon. Lean in. Accept the moon. The moon just wants what’s best for you and your poems. So yes – write … Read more
NaPoWriMo Day 6 Prompt: Our prompt yesterday asked you to take inspiration from another poem, and today’s continues in the same vein. This prompt, which comes from Holly Lyn Walrath, is pretty simple. As she explains it here: “Go to a book you love. Find a short line that strikes you. Make that line the title of … Read more
NaPoWriMo Day 5 Prompt: This prompt challenges you to find a poem, and then write a new poem that has the shape of the original, and in which every line starts with the first letter of the corresponding line in the original poem. If I used Roethke’s poem as my model, for example, the first … Read more