Tag Archives: NaPoWriMo 2018

Bookends (Slaking the Muse)

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Maggie C

I began April’s National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo) with a poem about “Waking the Muse.” Now thirty days later (and 30 poems, though not all were posted), I will bookend the month with a sequel to the first poem. Hence: … Continue reading →

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Off the Wall

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Maggie C

Forty scientists and engineers and computer programmers toil each year, a million bucks per annum spent, a decade now, with price so dear. Another study of fifty years, such value held in answers sought, in labs where winged subjects die, … Continue reading →

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Cruel Moon

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Maggie C

“The moon is merciless,” she writes. Cruel and scathing, she tells us. Is this the same moon under which lovers swoon? The same moon toward which canids tilt sharp-muzzled heads and sing ballads torn from the depths of ancient heritage? … Continue reading →

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Rough Draft

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Maggie C

NaPoWriMo Challenge, Day 28:  “Draft a prose poem in the form/style of a postcard.”  Okay, maybe I took it a little too literal 🙂

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In the Stars

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Maggie C

I am Capricorn, the sign of the goat. Stubborn, hairy, smells bad? Not very auspicious. Born in the Year of the Rat. Twitchy, gnawing, no sense of fine cuisine? My tarot card is The Devil. Need I say more about … Continue reading →

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Count Down

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Maggie C

NaPoWriMo Challenge, Day 26: “write a poem that includes images that engage all five senses. Try to be as concrete and exact as possible with the “feel” of what the poem invites the reader to see, smell, touch, taste and … Continue reading →

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Mirror rorriM

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Maggie C

Warning: objects in mirror may be closer than they appear Do not get too close. If you get too close, it will hurt, most likely. Beware of imagining you are closer than you are. Closeness could just be an appearance … Continue reading →

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Elegy for All

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Maggie C

If you die tomorrow, I will write you this elegy, because you are loved and you will be missed. And if you sense no love and no connection and feel as though no one will even notice when you are … Continue reading →

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Preacher

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Maggie C

“Will you deliver the sermon?” he asks me. One Sunday a year, the pastor teaches Sunday School and asks parishioners to lead the worship service in his stead. Ha! Me? Preach a sermon? I preach to my kids all the time, mostly … Continue reading →

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Driving in Reverse

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Maggie C

NaPoWriMo Challenge, Day 18. The prompt “sounds a bit more complicated than it is, so bear with me! First, find a poem in a book or magazine (ideally one you are not familiar with)… [C]over everything but the last line. … Continue reading →

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