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...
Today I’d like to challenge you to write a poem in the style of Kay Ryan, whose poems tend to be short and snappy – with a lot of rhyme and soundplay. They also have a deceptive simplicity about them, like proverbs or aphorisms. Once you’ve read a few, you’ll see what...
And now for our prompt (optional, as always). In honor of today’s being the 22nd day of Na/GloPoWriMo 2022, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that uses repetition. You can repeat a sound, a word, a phrase, or an image, or any combination of things. Poem: The...
Here’s my poem for the day: Poem: I am a poet I am a poet I speak my heart I spill on paper, the ink of my emotions I become that ink – I am a poet I embellish in words The truth you’re terrified to speak I become your voice – I am a poet I capture...
I am following the prompt of Artoonsinn today to write a poem inspired by the quote, “In the midst of winter, I found there was within me, an invincible summer.” Here’s my offering: Poem: I shine within Onerous and challenging, It was,...
