Day 21 at NaPoWriMo. The prompt is an interesting one. This prompt asks you to write a poem in which you first recall someone you used to know closely but are no longer in touch with, then a job you used to have but no longer do, and then a piece of art that you …
Be(i)tter Go(ur)d
Did you say 'bitter'?Why, yes!That's what I am Bitter Go(ur)d. I can't run away.So thank you,I now wear yourlabelswith panache. How long can Isulk for being judged? by your taste buds, your obsessions withtomatoey skins weighing the tremors onmy flaky bodyagainst ivory milks. Isn't is always about colour? Robbing me of myidentity. You love dates …
Quintessential Quixotism
It’s Day Nineteen at NaPoWriMo. Today’s challenge is to write a poem that starts with a command. It could be as uncomplicated as “Look,” as plaintive as “Come back,” or as silly as “Don’t you even think about putting that hot sauce in your hair.” In response to the prompt I have a poem which …
On Love
Hello Poetry Lovers It’s been a hard-pressed weekend. With a little breather on Sunday, I decided to do two days of NaPoWriMo together. While I stuck to the prompt for Day Sixteen (A curtal sonnet. This is a variation on the classic 14-line sonnet. The curtal sonnet form was developed by Gerard Manley Hopkins, and he …
Not My Business!
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 …
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 …
A Hundred Quills 