Category: National Poetry Month
Posted on April 30, 2020
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Here we are, on the last day of April and the last poem for this year’s National Poetry Month. I hope you enjoyed the poems. Today’s prompt was, a nice strong cup of tea, and I went with free verse today. So pull up… Continue Reading “National Poetry Month – Day 30: Strong Tea”
Posted on April 29, 2020
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Today you get two poems, because I cannot count how many days there are in April and ended up with 31 prompts. So, the two prompts are steely gaze and dearth of toilet paper. The poems forms are septolet and haiku. Steely Gaze Staringin… Continue Reading “National Poetry Month – Day 29: Two Poems”
Posted on April 28, 2020
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Today the prompt is, scream in the wind, and for the form I return to the chant. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Scream in the Wind Shall the gods comedown from the mountainwith the cold winter snowtheir fury unabatedand scream within the wind Shall the gods… Continue Reading “National Poetry Month – Day 28: Scream in the Wind”
Posted on April 27, 2020
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So today’s prompt was, that’ll put a giddy up in your hitch, and I used a variation on a cascade form for the poem. It’s also a bit dark, so be warned. Giddy Up Hitch That’ll put a giddy up in your hitch,my old… Continue Reading “National Poetry Month – Day 27: Giddy Up Hitch”
Posted on April 26, 2020
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Today’s poem is a Villanelle from the prompt, beyond the farthest star. Image by WikiImages from Pixabay Beyond the Farthest Star Beyond the reach of infinity’s gaze,past the edge of the blackest nightwe journey alone, amid stalwart days Bound in steel, a shell-like mazeof humanity’s aspiration in… Continue Reading “National Poetry Month – Day 26: Beyond the Farthest Star”