Welcome to Day 12 of my personal month-late NaPoWriMo challenge. You can check out my previous post here, or click here for Day 1. Prompt 12: I know it’s a massive cliche but I can’t resist: tell me about your childhood. Write a poem reflecting on a childhood memory. Here are some great ideas to … More Poem a Day in May Prompt 12: Childhood
Welcome to Day 11 of my personal month-late NaPoWriMo challenge. You can check out my previous post here, or click here for Day 1. Since I tend to do my writing late in the evening, it’s definitely time for this prompt. Prompt 11: Night Life This is a themed prompt. Write a poem featuring night … More Poem a Day in May Prompt 11: Night Life
Welcome to Day 10 of my personal month-late NaPoWriMo challenge. You can check out my previous post here, or click here for Day 1. Prompt 10: Word Association Today I’ll be writing 10 words, choosing 1, then using word association to land on a premise for my next poem. Here are the words: Animal Open … More Poem a Day in May Prompt 10: Word Association
Welcome to Day 9 of my personal month-late NaPoWriMo challenge. You can check out my previous post here, or click here for Day 1. Prompt 9: Use your Nose! Our sense of smell is one of our most frequently neglected senses in writing, yet it’s a very important one. Scents are often associated with memories, … More Poem a Day in May Prompt 9: Use Your Nose
Welcome to Days 7 and 8 of my personal month-late NaPoWriMo challenge. You can check out my previous post here, or click here for Day 1. The weekend turned out to be fairly busy so I’ll be doing two days worth of prompts in this post. Both prompts will deal with ekphrastic poetry, or poetry … More Poem a Day in May Prompts 7 and 8: Ekphrastic Poetry
Welcome to Day 6 of my personal month-late NaPoWriMo challenge. You can check out my previous post here, or click here for Day 1. Prompt 6: Narrative A narrative poem is exactly what it sounds like: it tells a story. Here are some ideas to get you started. Pick one and run with it. Tell … More Poem a Day in May Prompt 6: Narrative
Welcome to Day 5 of my personal month-late NaPoWriMo challenge. You can check out my previous post here, or click here for Day 1. Prompt 5: Try a new form! I tend to write in free verse a lot, but it would be really silly of me to go through this whole month long challenge … More Poem a Day in May Prompt 5: Form
Welcome to Day 4 of my personal month-late NaPoWriMo challenge. You can check out my previous post here, or click here for Day 1. I’ve been thinking a lot about people lately. Today, I learned some interesting (and very positive) things second hand about someone I had only met briefly, and I couldn’t help but … More Poem a Day in May Prompt 4: Character
Welcome to Day 3 of my personal month-late NaPoWriMo challenge. You can check out my previous post here, or click here for Day 1. Today’s poetry prompt? Prompt 3: Let’s write about food. And not because I’m totally obsessed with food and think it’s the key to world peace or anything. (I am, and it … More Poem a Day in May Prompt 3: Food
Welcome to Day 2 of my personal month-late NaPoWriMo challenge. Check out my last post for Day 1. Today’s poetry prompt? Prompt #2: Create a list poem. Start by choosing something to make a list about. The title of the list will be the title of the poem. For instance: “Things that Terrify Me Daily” could … More Poem a Day in May Prompt 2: Lists
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