And here we are, on the final day of NaPoWriMo 2024 when we are asked to write a poem that describes different times in which we’ve heard the same band or piece of music across our lifetime. I started my day planning something of my own and was going to go off-prompt, but that wouldContinue reading “Three little words sit by my doorstep”
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A moment in time
Today’s ask is to come up with a poem that involves music at a ceremony or event of some kind. This month, I have tried respond to the prompts by looking at the resource, finding some inspiration and connecting it to the first thing that opened the wardrobe of my imagination as I climbed fromContinue reading “A moment in time”
The future is unwritten
When asked to write about a music concert I’ve attended, the options are expansive to say the least. To choose to write about one that left an impact on me leave is molecular by comparison. Sunday, January 19, 1978, Sheffield Top Rank It took seconds to steam up the windows.Eight teenage bodies exploded into theContinue reading “The future is unwritten”
Flowers
Today, we are to write a poem that involves people making music together, and that references – with a lyric or line – a song or poem that is important to us. I chose to go abstract after writing one of the lines two days ago that I felt a desperation to give purpose toContinue reading “Flowers”
In my place
Wow! OMG WOW! What an inspiration the prompt delivered this morning. I woke to find Diane Wakoski sat at my breakfast table where she had poured strong, fresh Colombian coffee for two! She pushed an empty bowl across the dried pine surface and said, “here, fill that”, and then sat back, smiled through her beatnikContinue reading “In my place”
Velvet Alleyway
Today’s gauntlet takes the form of writing a poem that imposes a particular song on a place. We are to describe the interaction between the place and the music using references to a plant and, if possible, incorporate a quotation – there will be bonus points for using a piece of everyday, overheard language. IContinue reading “Velvet Alleyway”
Diamond Island
April 11. Eleven days in and we are asked to work up a Villanelle using lines from songs. I took my inspiration from Dylan Thomas, Simon and Garfunkel and Pink Floyd. Sometimes, you just need to hear your own voice say, it’s going to be OK. I am a rock; I am an island.When wildContinue reading “Diamond Island”
Missives & Musings 