NaPoWriMo Day 20: Our (optional) prompt for the day is to write a sijo. This is a traditional Korean poetic form. Like the haiku, it has three lines, but the lines are much longer. Typically, they are 14-16 syllables, and optimally each line will consist of two parts...
I am following the prompt of ArtoonsInn Poetry Parlour for Day 19. The prompt is to write a poem on one of your memories Glorious Memories Head bowed, hands folded, bent on knees, We both were seated beside each other, The Holy book, ‘Guru Granth Sahib’ had been laid...
NaPoWriMo Day 18 Prompt: This one comes to us from Stephanie Malley, who challenges us to write a poem based on the title of one of the chpaters from Susan G. Wooldridge’s Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words. The book’s table of contents can be viewed using...
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...
NaPoWriMo Day 15: Today’s prompt asks you to think about a small habit you picked up from one of your parents, and then to write a piece that explores an early memory of your parent engaged in that habit, before shifting into writing about yourself engaging in the...
