nopowrimo

For the whole month of April poets have been prompted by a variety of websites, clubs and groups to 'pen a poem a day' for the whole month. This was my first napowrimo and a very enjoyable and challenging experience and i achieved my goal of 1 per day minimum.Thanks to Maureen for the work …

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It is the final day of napowrimo and, as has been the case a few times this month, I have chosen to combine prompts from the napowrimo website (something that happens again and again) and Real Toads (on the photo electric effect). Thanks to all who have visted, liked and commented during this month, to …

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For today's prompt, Rommy at the Imaginary Garden says: I would like you to contemplate the idea of the childhood boogeyman. This is as wide open to your interpretation as you'd like. Feel free to really go wild with this. As always stop by your fellow poets and show they a little love to comfort …

strip(ed)

At the Imaginary Garden the  assignment is to write about shoes. Pick a song (or two or three) if you like, use the photo if you like, or whatever works for you. And then let your words race, dance, fly!     everyone was wearing them   at least it seems that way   now …

dark haiku

Today the napowrimo prompt is interesting. Have you ever heard someone wonder what future archaeologists, whether human or from alien civilization, will make of us? Today, I’d like to challenge you to answer that question in poetic form, exploring a particular object or place from the point of view of some far-off, future scientist? The …

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Karin Gustafson is hosting our prompt this morning at The Imaginary Garden. Some of you may have noticed that I have had a hard time blogging the last few months. Part of the difficulty for me has been the feeling of being an outsider, in my own country and in the world. Oddly, not writing …

pebbles

Day 25 of napowrimo and it's the Tuesday Platform at Real Toads. Greetings to all poets, visitors, friends! And so we have come to the last Tuesday of poetry writing month. It has been a CHALLENGE for those who are attempting to complete 30 poems in 30 days. It has also been a celebration of …

wordicles

  green cloud forces giggle'(s) to melt   blue dawn(ed) balloon folds decayed grin open   spring skip(s) on cue winter's deathly dance   jar(s) like drizzle journey(ed) still   spark(s) who shimmer bubble ghost(s)   and leave scar(s) of shadow rose   breath   whisper(ed) curl(ed) lull(ed)     spill(s) into poets eye.   …

Water of Life

Grace hosts the bar tonight with this prompt. Our word for Quadrille Monday is STILL.  Use it as a noun, adjective, adverb or verb. You can also combine still with another word like stillness, stillwaters, stillborn, stillrooms, or even standstill.  Our challenge:   please write a poem of precisely 44 words, not including the title, and including …

marginali(uh)

At napowrimo we are challenged thus today: Today, I challenge you to write a poem of ekphrasis — that is, a poem inspired by a work of art. But I’d also like to challenge you to base your poem on a very particular kind of art – the marginalia of medieval manuscripts. Here you’ll find …