Use an idiom from another language/culture as the jumping point for a poem. a dog bitten by a snake is afraid of sausages doesn’t mean the dog stopped craving meat fool me once, shame on you fool me twice, shame on me like shame is a hot potato no one wants to be caught holding…
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April 2019 Napowrimo Day 29
Write a poem of meditation on an emotion you’ve felt powerfully. That dagger was there since I was 6 and I guess I never wanted to bother anyone, so I never asked for help. It didn’t matter anyway. The tip of the blade always sank Deeper when they bombarded me. Loud, laughing voices pulling me…
April 2019 Napowrimo Day 20
Write a poem that speaks, interspersed with the narrator’s responses and thoughts. Why do I hit all the red lights? she wonders and looks up to God for an answer. I don’t know what to tell her. she sighs. It’s like I’m forced to stand in the same spot while the world keeps moving. she…
April 2019 Napowrimo Day 19
Write an abecedarian poem. A doctor Asked me to write how I feel About my Aches. Broken, I said. too Broken to Care about the Drama or Comfort the Energy draining vampires as I did before. F politics and F petty arguments. I used to be Generous and Gracious with my time. too Generous. but…
April 2019 Napowrimo Day 18
Napowrimo Day 18: Write an elegy (poem that mourns one who is dead) in which the abstraction of sadness is communicated in physical and tangible detail. Wrote this fast because I started crying before I even put pen to paper. And I realize it’s still pretty abstract even though the prompt told me not to…
April 2019 Napowrimo Day 17
Write a poem of a scene from an unusual point of view. I know I am dying a slow demise my killers chop me down and lug my weight through the snow they drag me to their home prolong my suffering next to a warm fireplace I’m forced to stand I’m fed just enough water…
April 2019 Napowrimo-Day 16
Write a poem that uses the form of a list to defamiliarize the mundane. the comforts I took for granted back in the days of my youth I miss the sound of my mother’s slippered footsteps coming to check if I was sleeping or reading under the covers I miss the smell of soy sauce,…
April 2019 Napowrimo-Day 13
Write a poem about something mysterious and spooky. I did not know her she snuck up on me already knew my secrets cast a magic spell I became a puppet helpless she pulled my strings my eyes were open but I could not move forced to watch her take my place she slipped into my…
April 2019 Napowrimo-Day 12
Write a poem about a dull thing that you own, and why (and how) you love it. Alternatively, what would it mean to you to give away or destroy a significant object? polished the brass hairpin the one I used when we last said goodbye I hoped it would shine again but the rust sealed…
April 2019 Napowrimo-Day 10
Napowrimo Day 10: Write a poem that starts from a regional phrase, particularly one to describe a weather phenomenon. thought I was the chosen one. the Sun would serve me lemonade, slather coconut sunscreen on my golden skin, but the sky had other ideas. Heaven cast May Gray into the leading role. she ruled my…
April 2019 Napowrimo-Day 8
Napowrimo Day 8: Use the jargon/slang of a particular job or profession, and see how you can incorporate it into a metaphor that governs or drives your poem. Since I do product development as a food scientist, I decided to use my job as the metaphor and incorporated nutrition lingo. sometimes I’m asked to formulate…
April 2019 NaPoWriMo-Day 2
Day 2 of Napowrimo. Prompt is to write a poem that ends on a question. I wear my best invisible reflection through the mirror read the invitation and show to the party 44 minutes too late I whisper hello but they laugh loud voices absorbing my energy so I wave and try and try to…
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