April 15, Napowrimo 2026. Taking inspiration from K. Siva Reddy’s poem, “A Love Song Between Two Generations,” today, we we’re asked to write our own poem that muses on love, but isn’t a traditional love poem in the sense of expressing love between romantic partners. Love? Love is for life. Love is travelling alone forContinue reading “Love on a barn door”
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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”
Chippy Tea
Today we are to try our hand at writing our own poem in which something that normally unfolds in a set and well understood way — like a baseball game or dance recital – goes haywire but is described as if it is all very normal. I struggled with to keep strictly to the pathContinue reading “Chippy Tea”
Kia Hora Te Marino
Our challenge today is to write a six-line poem that has the same qualities as (from 60’s rock band MC5) Brother J.C.’s warm-up and Jane Kenyon’s poem The Shirt. Both are informed by repetition, simple language, and they express enthusiasm. They have a sermon/prayer-like quality and then end with a bang. Today’s resource took meContinue reading “Kia Hora Te Marino”
Missives & Musings 