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Well I made it to day 30 and wrote all 30 poems! This is the first time I have completed NaPoWriMo since 2017, so I am proud of myself.I was not inspired by the poem over at the official NaPoWriMo site today, so I went with another prompt over at Goo...

Here we are at day 29. Just one more poem left to write this month!The prompt for today is:And now for our optional prompt. If you’ve been paying attention to pop-music news over the past couple of weeks, you may know that Taylor Swift has released a...

Well I have made it to day 28. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't getting a little bit burned out.The prompt for today is:our optional prompt for the day asks you to try your hand at writing a sijo. This is a traditional Korean verse form. A sijo h...

Well, here is day 27.The prompt for today is:Today we’d like to challenge you to write an “American sonnet.” What’s that? Well, it’s like a regular sonnet but . . . fewer rules? Like a traditional Spencerian or Shakespearean sonnet, an American sonne...

Day 26 is here!The prompt for today is:Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem that involves alliteration, consonance, and assonance. Alliteration is the repetition of a particular consonant sound at the beginning o...

Today is day 25, yay!The Prompt for today is:Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem based on the “Proust Questionnaire,” a set of questions drawn from Victorian-era parlor games, and adapted by modern interviewers. You could choose to...

Day 24 here we are!The prompt for today was:Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem that begins with a line from another poem (not necessarily the first one), but then goes elsewhere with it. This will work best if you just start with a lin...

I have made it to day 23!I was not inspired by the prompt over at the official NaPoWriMo website, so again I went in search of something worth writing about over at Good Universe Next Door where I was inspired by Douglas Kearney&n...

I have been learning French. I guess that is another one of my hobbies for 2024. French has been hailed the most romantic language. So I figured it'd make some beautifully enunciated poetry.Here is the English version:Drink the MoonTipsy while windin...

And today is day 22!I was not inspired by the prompt over at the official NaPoWriMo website, so again I went in search of something worth writing about over at Good Universe Next Door where I was inspired by Rachel Edelman to write a form poem.My res...

Today is day 21.The prompt for today is:Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem that repeats or focuses on a single color. Some examples for you – Diane Wakoski’s “Blue Monday,” Walter de la Mare’s “Silver,” and Dorothea Lasky’s “Red Rum.”A...

Well today is day 20. Only 10 days left after today.I was not particularly inspired the the prompt over at the official NaPoWriMo today. So I ventured over to Good Universe Next Door for prompt 6.Here is the prompt:Today, write a poem in which y...

I've made it to day 19. I got a little bit behind for a few days, but am caught up now.The prompt for today is:What are you haunted by, or what haunts you? Write a poem responding to this question. Then change the word haunt to hunt.And here is my r...

Today is day 18.Here is the prompt for today:Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem in which the speaker expresses the desire to be someone or something else, and explains why. Two possible models for you: Natasha Rao’s “In my next life le...

Today is day 17!Here is the prompt for today:Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem that is inspired by a piece of music, and that shares its title with that piece of music. Need an example? Here’s A. Van Jordan’s “Que Sera Sera” and Adria...