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NaPoWriMo Day 9: The challenge today is to write a “concrete” poem – a poem in which the lines and words are organized to take a shape that reflects in some way the theme of the poem. This might seem like a very modernist idea, but poets have been writing concrete poems since the 1600s! … Read more
NaPoWriMo prompt for day 8 asks us to peruse the work of one or more of these twitter bots, and use a line or two, or a phrase or even a word that stands out, as the seed for our own poem The Sylvia Plath Bot, as you might expect, tweets snippets of Plath. @PercyBotShelley tweets Shelley, @ruefle_exe tweets bits … Read more
NaPoWriMo Day 7: Today our prompt (optional, of course) is to write a poem based on a news article. I have chosen to write on the below news, that I found really interesting 🙂 Ring lost in US 47 years ago is found buried in a Finnish forest The lost ring The summer … Read more
NaPoWriMo Day 6: Today’s (optional) prompt is ekphrastic in nature – but rather particular! Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem from the point of view of one person/animal/thing from Hieronymous Bosch’s famous (and famously bizarre) triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights. Whether you take the position of a twelve-legged clam, a … Read more
Our prompt for the day 4 of NaPoWriMo asks us to write a poem based on an image from a dream. Here are the glimpses of my dream 🙂 A fascinating dream Dreams- a manifestation of our sub conscious, Aren’t they? My thoughts, my emotions that design my day Cuddle me in my … Read more
Below is the prompt for NaPoWriMo Day 2: Our (optional) prompt for the day takes a leaf from Schuyler’s book, as it were, and asks you to write a poem about a specific place — a particular house or store or school or office. Try to incorporate concrete details, like street names, distances (“three and … Read more
Poetry makes me believe In the miracle called life Poetry makes me believe In the magic of words Poetry makes me believe In the power of emotions Poetry makes me believe In the beauty of the world Poetry makes me believe In the wonders of nature Poetry makes me believe In thyself; in myself! … Read more
Tenderness of your voice, Moistens the wryness of crisp air Fragrance adorning your silken curves- An aroma that enlivens my breath Depth of your emerald eyes, Unravels the mystery of universe But it’s the rhythm of your heart, That fills me up- completes me! ©Vandana Bhasin Linked to dVerse where De Jackson (aka … Read more
I know you miss me but I never miss you For I feel your presence near me, always For you are in my every breath I breathe because you are there for me, always For I smile with you and I smile for you I smile because of you, always For … Read more
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