I always have a PAD hangover so here I am again- albeit a bit late! The Wednesday Poetry Prompt over on Poetic Asides is to Write The (Blank) Time poem. I’m trying a triolet b/c I never try poetic forms. This one is about last time I saw my Mom just before she went into … More Wednesday Poetry Prompt – May 4, 2022
It’s always with mixed feelings I arrive at the finish line of writing a poem a day: The gratification of making it and sorry it’s over. Many days it was hard to sit down to write until late in the evening, but reading the other poets and forcing myself to post each day has definitely … More Final Day – Day 30 – April Poem A Day 2022
I love a Friday morning when I can get to poeming by 9am in the morning. This one came easily too. For today’s prompt, take the phrase “The Last (blank),” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Our last ChristmasWith … More Day 29 – April Poem A Day Challenge 2022
Write a sight poem and with that we’ve poemed about all the senses this month. Lazy SundaySomewhere betweenAugust afternoonsAnd a hint ofAutumn on the breezeCicadas call theirSong of summerThe four of them sitBaby on Granddad’s lapHeads tiltedLow murmur of chatter When one of themLaughsMusic trailing in the lateAfternoon lightTurns upThat Spice Girls songThey made dances … More Day 28 – April Poem A Day Challenge 2022
For today’s prompt, write a remix poem. Take one of your poems (preferably from this month) and remix it. Make free verse a traditional form or vice versa. I’m not one for trying poetic forms, mostly because I find them all so challenging and especially when I know I can’t spend time working on them, … More Day 27 – April Poem A Day Challenge 2022
How I hate when I miss a day because life gets in the way! I’ll be posting twice today. Here’s my Two for Tuesday – Love and/or Anti-Love poem: Love isEven beforeShe is thereinfinitesimalInfiniteNot knowingThis road you are takingNo one leadingHow time and space willStand stillIn the bigness ofthis love Love isIn the knowingAs every … More Day 26 – April Poem A Day
Today we’re writing a response poem. Your poem could be in response to a popular poem by another poet, but it could also be a response to a poem you wrote earlier this month I’ve written a few poems this month about the horror of what is going on in the Ukraine. MariupolKharkivChernihivKramatorskThey’re almost a … More Day 25 – April Poem A Day, 2022
Today’s Challenge: Write a superhero or supervillain poem She’s there on a school day Kneading flour water Thumbprint dent In dough Rolled beneath deft fingers Followed by another Like this she says What is it about mothers and Their mothers A call and they come Worry tucked behind eyes Beneath their ribs Born to be … More Day 24 April Poem A Day 2022
It was hard not to go down the road I went with this poem when we were prompted to write a Conspiracy poem. The one where they said The vaccine was putting a Chip in our arm Beneath our skin That’s when they really lost me Flinging hate Against Bill Gates When the guy’s out … More Day 23 – April Poem A Day Challenge 2022
Hello Earth Day! Today we’re writing an organism poem. From the earthThe wild wild earthComes usFrom my bodyThis is loveYour heartStill beatingWhen they saidMaybe not Already wishing timeForwardWishing you hereWishing time toStop so you’llAlways be mineHere in the cradleOf my body From my bodyTo the earthThe starsThe moonWhisperIt’s timeOn an April nightBringing you hereTo me
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