Write a triolet. The first line is repeated in the fourth and seventh lines; the second line is repeated in the final line; and only the first two end-words are used to complete the rhyme. your warmth did vanish with the morning light I’m left to wake in a cold, lonely bed knowing your charm…
Napowrimo 2020 Day 11
in this modern garden I wander go find your red rose, they said turn left, turn right, it’s as simple as that but this rose hasn’t grown in years I once stumbled through a bed of yellow chrysanthemum then wasted time smelling gardenias enchanted by fake perfume the carnations soon showed their true stripes I…
Napowrimo 2020 Day 10
Write a haynaku. A 3 line stanza, 1 word in the first line, 2 words in the second line, 3 words in the third line. mondaymorning rainblankets the world tuesdaysays goodbyefor how long? wednesdayI wishfor the future thursdaybut maybeI’m only dreaming fridayfleeting ghostdisappears by monday
Napowrimo 2020 Day 9
Write a concrete poem. Lines and words take a shape that reflects the theme. time separated us farther than the sky lives above the sea but in the moment we kissed at the horizon we were lovers in every existence we had ever lived still it was impossible to stop the shifting sands of our…
Napowrimo 2020 Day 8
Use a line from a poetry Twitter bot as the seed of your poem. dead and perfect she’d rather be in love with an image than admit defeat dead and perfect she’d rather be in love with a fantasy than vulnerable with reality dead and perfect she’d rather be Barbie drained by a vampire so…
Napowrimo 2020 Day 7
Prompt: Write a poem based on a news article. in other news on his planet far from mine the rain is made of molten iron and male energy sweat not tears, make no mistake they vaporize by morning forged by the god of war he practices emotional distancing like a sport sharpening his strength and…
Napowrimo 2020 Day 6
Write from the POV of a person/animal/thing from The Garden of Earthly Delights. God named me Unicorn said I was one of a kind sent me into this Garden of Chaos to heal the sick and the blind the humans admire my magic and purity but refuse to change their ways they dance to the…
Napowrimo 2020 Day 5
Prompt: Do all of the following in one poem. Begin the poem with a metaphor. Say something specific but utterly preposterous. Use at least one image for each of the five senses, either in succession or scattered randomly throughout the poem. Use one example of synesthesia (mixing the senses). Use the proper name of a…
Napowrimo 2020 Day 4
Prompt: Write a poem based on an image from a dream. I jump on the train to the coast escaping the turmoil there’s a woman who looks like me I sit next to her and wonder at the mirror between our seats her hat is boho and bold the kind I’d wear if I didn’t…
Napowrimo 2020 Day 3
Prompt: Come up with a list of ten words, then look for rhymes to compile a word bank, and write a poem with those words. a handsome ghost did play her a fool a tragic romance a wild goose dance she played with the fantasies of imagined circumstance conjured in her mind brittle reality broke…
Napowrimo 2020 Day 2
Prompt: Write a poem about a specific place using concrete details. driving up the avenue named Anita, after a holy woman I assume she stretches her arms for a mile north of the 210 the peaks of the foothills press against the autumn blue sky I California curtsy at the familiar stop sign trees stand…
Napowrimo 2020 Day 1
Prompt: Write a self-portrait using an uncommon action as a metaphor for your life. I’ve always been the best at hiding invisibility’s my secret power no one will find me out as long as I make myself smaller my biggest fear is blowing my cover for what if when I show myself my presence is…
Untold Tales by a Whimsical Wallflower 