Category Archives: Poetry Month

Hello All. It has been a hard April this year, as there is too much going on at work to allow me time to think, and to top it off, the last few days I had a terrible cold. But … Continue reading →

The prompt today, to write an Ode to a common or mundane thing. Some might think a toy could never be mundane, but having been around for hundreds of years, it is certainly common. Life of a Yo-Yo: a Yo-YOde … Continue reading →

After reading the prompt today, the last two lines jumped into my head. The rest of the sonnet took its own sweet time. The prompt on NaPoWriMo.net today was “Today, we challenge you to write a poem that centers around … Continue reading →

A good prompt for a busy work day, a Wish You Were Here postcard. Mine is done in haiku.

The prompt for today, from NaPoWriMo.net “Today’s we’d like to challenge you to write a poem rooted in “weird wisdom,” by which we mean something objectively odd that someone told you once, and that has stuck with you ever since.” … Continue reading →

Today’s prompt from NaPoWriMo.net was to use something from The Strangest Things in the World, by Thomas R Henry, as inspiration. I chose:  Where Snails Become Flowers Swirl of berry, vanilla and lemon       Tightly painted and wrapped … Continue reading →

The prompt, – a surreal prose poem. Well, my mind wandered from the prose, and maybe left the surreal at a left turn. But here is my entry – done for the dy. The View Seeing the city from afar … Continue reading →

The prompt today – a non-romantic love letter. Celebrating a love of a different type, with memories of time together. Mine is sweet and simple. 2 The two of us – best friends we’ll be There is one of you … Continue reading →

Welcome all to April and another month of poetry. This is a very, very busy April for me, so I don’t expect to make every day in a timely manner. But I have managed a little something for today, following … Continue reading →

Hello All and welcome to the last day of NaPoWriMo 2023. Today’s prompt, “to write a palinode – a poem in which you retract a view or sentiment expressed in an earlier poem.” I scanned my month of poems, and … Continue reading →