Tag Archives: NaPoWriMo

Alphabetical April

Posted on April 18, 2023 by Maggie C

Day Eighteen of National Poetry Writing Month! Today’s prompt from NaPoWriMo.net: write an abecedarian poem – a poem in which the word choice follows the words/order of the alphabet. You could write a very strict abecedarian poem, in which there … Continue reading →

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Beyond Compare

Posted on April 14, 2023 by Maggie C

Day Fourteen of National Poetry Writing Month. The muses at NaPoWriMo.net have given us this prompt for today: …write a parody or satire based on a famous poem… take a favorite (or unfavorite) poem of the past, and see if … Continue reading →

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Muse

Posted on April 12, 2023 by Maggie C

A new April morning, a new prompt for a poem. My thoughts had gone hither – or was it thither? – to roam. And so I zipped off a quick five-seven-five, to keep my NaPoWriMo challenge streak alive. I tapped … Continue reading →

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Youthlessness

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Maggie C

Oh, to yet be young I tire at the thought of it I’ll sit and look wise

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Sea Shanty

Posted on April 10, 2023 by Maggie C

It’s Day Ten of National Poetry Writing Month, and today’s challenge from NaPoWriMo.net is to write a sea shanty. these are poems in the forms of songs, strongly rhymed and rhythmic, that sailors might sing while hauling on ropes and … Continue reading →

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Sonnet Sunday

Posted on April 9, 2023 by Maggie C

Day Nine of National Poetry Writing Month! Today’s prompt from NaPoWriMo.net: We’re calling today Sonnet Sunday, as we’re challenging you to write in what is probably the most robust poetic form in English. A traditional sonnet is 14 lines long, … Continue reading →

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Tap Dance and Termite Jig

Posted on April 8, 2023 by Maggie C

My brain is a jigsaw puzzle, with gangly termites jigging on the pieces. I saw it with my own ears! So puzzling. Fred Astaire and the six jiggers. Tap shoes on high volume, jackhammer cane dance on my frontal lobe. … Continue reading →

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List

Posted on April 7, 2023 by Maggie C

Day seven of National Poetry Writing Month. NaPoWriMo.net prompt: “…write a poem that plays with the idea of a list.”

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seasonal conflict

Posted on April 6, 2023 by Maggie C

new buds drip cold rain birds trill between high wind gusts no spring in my step

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Funeral

Posted on April 5, 2023 by Maggie C

Little cherub on mama’s lap, surrounded by strangers, crammed into narrow pews in a room she does not know. No color, no toys, no talking. No joy. She squirms, but just a little. Everyone stands in unison. An organ plays, … Continue reading →

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