April 11, Napowrimo 2026. Today’s prompt did not inspire me, I blame day one, all will be clear on that when you read my near Haiku below. A wet stag weekend,Fishing in frocks and tights,Words put the world to rights. I’m sorry haikuI may have just messed with youFeel free to blame the wine.
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Never mind this bollocks
April 10, Napowrimo 2026. On this happy day for me, we are asked to follow in the footsteps of poet Geoffrey Brock and write a brisk, concise poem about grief. Tired of the sickening state of this world, I chose to find a glimmer of hope amongst the cartloads of grief our “heroes’ tip uponContinue reading “Never mind this bollocks”
Heronious Maximus
Day 9, Napowrimo 2026. Today, we are to try writing our own poem in the voice of an animal or plant, or a poem that describes a specific animal or plant with references to historical events or scientific facts. Yesterday, I went fishing and saw the following unfold before my eyes. I see you there.You,Continue reading “Heronious Maximus”
A moment in time
April 8., Napowrimo 2026. I’ve had this “theme” or “idea” for some time and today’s prompt seems to have triggered its waters to break. I’ve often wondered about the secrets inconspicuous items could tell. She smells divine as she lowers herself on to me,All tropical oiled thighs, herbal arms and citrus skin.She’s a lady ofContinue reading “A moment in time”
Skipping sleep
April 7. Today’s Napowrimo 2026 challenge is to write our own poem that emulates school playground skipping songs – something to snap, clap, and jump around to. I guess these are meant to be light but for a number of reasons I chose not to follow that path and with the second one invert theContinue reading “Skipping sleep”
Galaxy of glimpses
April 6. Today’s daily resource for Napowrimo 2026 is Nobel-winning poet Louise Glück’s essay, “Against Sincerity,” in which Glück muses on the difference between honesty and truth in poetry. She pays particular attention to the blue and red corners of Milton and Keats, a virtual debate that inspired the following. On a cold wet marble,Continue reading “Galaxy of glimpses”
Kaleidoscopic hate
April 5. Today’s Napowrimo 2026 task is to write a poem of our own form choice that explores disliking something – particularly something utterly innocuous, like clover. We should try to be OTT and silly and overdramatic. The inspiration for this prompt focussed on hate, so I felt obliged to colour in that emotion. DoContinue reading “Kaleidoscopic hate”
Spring salad days
April 4. Today’s Napowrimo 2026 quest is to craft our own short poem that involves a weather phenomenon and some aspect of the season. We should try using rhyme and keeping our lines of roughly even length. In my spring salad daysBiannually, and without failSeasons signalled change,With revolutionary weather veils. Autumn’s breath would descend,Cloaked inContinue reading “Spring salad days”
Jobsworth
April 3rd, and we are asked to write a poem in which a profession or vocation is described differently than it typically is considered to be. Our poem could feature a very relaxed brain surgeon, or a farmer that hates vegetables. Or maybe we have a poetical alter-ego of our own who runs against theContinue reading “Jobsworth”
The Panda next door
Today’s challenge is to write our own poem in which we recount a childhood memory. We should try to incorporate a sense of how that experience indicated to you, even then, something about the person you’d grow up to be. I thought I’d started this poem years back, but I could find no trace inContinue reading “The Panda next door”
Missives & Musings 