Hello Readers I have outdone myself! I can’t believe I’ve been writing poetry for fifteen days now. I’m a moody poet and this, for me, is a new high. Thanks to the compelling prompts at NaPoWriMo. No, there are no breaks even on Sundays. I’m not trying too hard, simply having fun. Well, the prompt …
Day Fourteen NaPoWriMo, The MOVIE
We’re heading towards the half-way mark both at NaPoWriMo and the AtoZ Challenge. The challenge on Day Fourteen is a fun one: write a poem that takes the form of the opening scene of the movie of your life. Does it open with a car chase? A musical number? A long scene panning across a verdant …
NaPoWriMo Day 13, Alphabet L
It’s already Day Thirteen at NaPoWriMo. The optional prompt is here. Today, in honor of the potential luckiness of the number 13, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that, like the example poem here, joyfully states that “Everything is Going to Be Amazing.” Sometimes, good fortune can seem impossibly distant, but even …
Gales Spring Up
Hello and welcome to Day Seven of NaPoWriMo. The alphabet for the A to Z Blogging Challenge and for BlogchatterA2Z is 'G'. First about the poem for the day. The challenge is to write a poem that argues against, or somehow questions, a proverb or saying. They say that “all cats are black at midnight,” …
For All Seasons
I am late for Day 6 at NaPoWriMo but as they say better late than never. It's also Day 6 at A to Z Blogging Challenge. The prompt for Day 6 was a variation of an acrostic poem. But rather than spelling out a word with the first letters of each line, we were to …
after the End
It's the day of alphabet E at A to Z Blogging Challenge, and Day 5 at NAPOWRIMO 2022. The poetry prompt for the day is interesting but I'm in no mood to think hard. So I've saved it for another day. (If you'd like to check the prompt, you can do it here). Instead, I'm …
A Hundred Quills 