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NaPoWriMo Day11: Our optional prompt for the day is based on the concept of the language of flowers. Have you ever heard, for example, that yellow roses stand for friendship, white roses for innocence, and red roses for love? Well, there are as many potential meanings for flowers as there are flowers. The Victorians were particularly … Read more
Today, the challenge of NaPoWriMo is to write a poem that reacts both to photography and to words in a language not your own. Begin with a photograph. Now find a poem in a language you don’t know. Ignore any accompanying English translation (maybe cover it up, or cut-and-paste the original into a new document). Now start … Read more
Do you wear the right attitude? We are controlled by situations which are completely out of our control. Should we give in? Our attitude has ever-lasting impact on our lives.
Toni is hosting Haibun Mondays at dVerse. She wants us to write about our plans for our writing in a haibun. Writing is therapeutic for me. It pulls me out of the clutches of darkness where I wander inadvertently when I’m feeling dejected and miserable. Writing is a tool for introspection for me. It … Read more