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The prompt at ALS for Day 3 is as below: The World Outside My Window Everyone sees the world differently. When we are happy, the world outside appears full of glee, but when we are trapped in sadness or pain, we perceive the outside world as unjust, uncertain or even unsafe. Today, write a poem … Read more
NaPoWriMo Day 3: And now for our (optional) prompt. This one is a bit complex, so I saved it for a Sunday. It’s a Spanish form called a “glosa” – literally a poem that glosses, or explains, or in some way responds to another poem. The idea is to take a quatrain from a poem … Read more
Today the challenge is to write a poem of origin. Where are you from? Not just geographically, but emotionally, physically, spiritually? Maybe you are from Vikings and the sea and diet coke and angry gulls in parking lots. Maybe you are from gentle hills and angry mothers and dust disappearing down an unpaved road. And … Read more