NaPoWriMo Prompt – Day 29 (Response)
Simon & George – Sometimes It Goes Deepby Big Mind Zen Center, on Flickr Today’s prompt draws on a grand poetic tradition: Write a response poem, where you transform, respond to or answer another person’s poem with your own. Use a poem from Wild Violet or any other source. For an example and some further thoughts on the form, read David Shapiro’s “Dante and Beatrice” on About.com. PoetryInVoice.com has a marvelous page on the response poem, as well. If you like, share a link to your poem in the comments below. Remember, if you cut and paste the...
Read MoreNaPoWriMo Prompt – Day 28 (Animal)
Write an animal poem. Your subject can be a pet, a wild animal, a zoo animal, or a figment of your imagination.
Read MoreNaPoWriMo Prompt – Day 27 (Crossword)
Crosswords by Jessica Whittle, on Flickr Today’s prompt is related to a common Sunday activity for many people: Write a crossword poem, using a form developed by poet Peter Valentine, who writes daily poems using the New York Times crossword puzzle. In his own words, there are three parts to the poem: “Part 1, across clue words only; part 2 is words found in the down clues; part 3, use the answer grid. The title can come from anywhere in the puzzle, and don’t get hung up on solving the puzzle… cheat!” You can find example poems on his Facebook page. Have...
Read MoreNaPoWriMo Prompt – Day 26 (Welsh)
Black mountains Wales Nr Talgarth showing Pen y Fan in the distance by Les Haines, on Flickr Many people are familiar with Japanese forms and have adopted them into English, but today’s prompt introduces you to another culture’s poetry: Write a poem based on a Welsh form, such as an Englyn Cyrch or Englyn Penfyr. Welsh forms use both syllabic regulation and rhyming. See the Wikipedia entry on the Englyn forms or the article about Englynion on the Guardian.com or the Welsh Poetry page at the Poets Garret, which includes many examples in English. If you like, share a link to...
Read MoreNaPoWriMo Prompt – Day 25 (The Senses)
Write a poem using at least four of the five senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell). Often in poetry, we tend to concentrate on one sense at the expense of others.
Read MoreNaPoWriMo Prompt – Day 24 (Story Time)
My son and I attended story time at the library today, and on the way home, WXPN was featuring story songs. Those ideas combined into today’s prompt. Write a narrative poem. It can be a poem that tells a tale for children, or one that tells a story from your own past, from history or from imagination. If you like, you can share your poem in the comments below. Remember, if you cut and paste the poem itself into the comments, that poems shared that way are not considered published in Wild...
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