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NaPoWriMo 2023, Day 22 Today’s prompt asked us to take an Emily Dickinson poem and reimagine it to create another one of our own. I started reading her works and could not help but hear Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd in my head. So, I fused them by taking the song’s lyrics and the words fromContinue reading “Sugar Skulls”

NaPoWriMo 2023, Day 21 Choose an abstract noun from a list ( I chose Strength and Failure) and then use that as the title for a poem that contains very short lines, and at least one invented word. Ther are some pains that only the first-born can feel. They hang in there, stealing your breathContinue reading “Failure V Strength”

NaPoWriMo 2023, Day 20 What will archeologists make of the things we leave behind today?The following conversation between two future look-backers might give us a clue. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. “You can’t be serious?” “I’m telling you, 100% it’s an ancient dental implement.”“Dental tool? Do you take me for some kind of naïve fool?” “It is! Look at theContinue reading “Erased memories”

NaPoWriMo 2023, Day 19 Today we were asked to go back in time and write about a bogey man from our past that may still haunt us. I hope you never met Joe …………………………………. Fear. It is the birch that beats the child’s back,Leaving wealds for years,Whose pain echoes through leaching sores, And silent bleedingContinue reading “Joe”

NaPoWriMo 2023, Day 18 Today we were challenged to write an abecedarian poem – a poem in which the word choice follows the words/order of the alphabet. I purposefully wrote mine as a cycle and dedicate it to two people I hope will take some comfort from the words at a very tough time ……………………………………Continue reading “For Elaine, Derek and Family”

NaPoWriMo 2023, Day 17 Today’s prompt, write a poem that contains the name of a specific variety of edible plant and in the poem, try to make a specific comparison between some aspect of the plant’s lifespan and your own. Also, include at least one repeating phrase. ………………………………………… I would rather, savour the delights ofContinue reading “Phaseolus lunatus”

Day 16 Today I met a man who swam With electric eels For fun. We talked of the priceless joy Of watching the setting Spring sun. We weren’t meant to meet But he was returning from His run. And I, I was stuck on the same train, But what is done, Is done. 

NaPoWriMo 2023, Day 14 Challenge – write a parody or satire based on a famous poem – challenge accepted. I chose a classic poem I had never read before, Ode to a Grecian Urn by Keats (do NOT judge me!). ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. So, Like I’m sitting in this field as the sun comes up,Man, it wasContinue reading “Ode to an ancient Greek hippy”

NaPoWriMo 2023, Day 13 Today’s prompt invited us to write a short poem (or a few, if inspired) that follows the beats of a classic joke. Emphasize the interplay between the form of the poem – such as the line breaks – and the punchline. The topic of the first one seems to be runningContinue reading “Go on, make me laugh.”

NaPoWriMo 2023, Day 12 Today we were challenged to write a poem that interrogates (our) own writing process and the motivations (we) have for writing, and the motivations (we) ascribe to readers. I really do not like poetry that talks about itself or the author, but NaPoWriMo is a month-long workshop and I want toContinue reading “All at sea with poetry”