Well, this was fun! I haven't rhymed this much in a very long time. Let's just say, I'm very grateful to my Rhyming Dictionary and Thesaurus of the Senses for bolstering my recall of words. I used an older idea I hadn't worked on yet, involving a metaphor for two people in my life. Poem…
On to actually-today's prompt! I really like this one, and riding high off the concert I went to last night I am freshly inspired by song lyrics. There's one good thing that came of my friends all ditching me a few years ago. It gave me some new trauma to delve into with my art.…
Yes, yes, this is a day late, but I didn't care to combine days a third time so there will be two posts today. I didn't get around to writing yesterday and I'm honestly impressed by the people who have, or at least find, the time to write, and write well, every single day. I've…
A rough draft today—this may undergo some major editing in the future. Line lengths need trimming and repositioning, and I want to add more detailed descriptions. Today's prompt became the start of a new myth. I've long considered the life-and-death yin-yang nature of Iduna and Hel(a). There are no attestations that these two ever met.…
I decided not to do the prompt today. I just couldn't get into that headspace. I had writer's block most of the day until I found this tidbit in my notes: "Crab apples have long been associated with love and marriage. It was said that if you throw the pips into the fire while saying…
Okay, so the prompt said six lines, and I had every intention to keep it that short, especially with my work overload today...but I kept enhancing each line with parallelism and repetition until they were too long and unwieldy to keep. I had to break it up both for my sanity and yours. See if…
Poem prompt: "Our featured resource for the day is the online gallery of the Rijksmuseum, where you may particularly enjoy their series on 100 masterpieces within the museum’ s collection. And here’s a little anecdote about how browsing an online collection of this kind can lead you to new and startling discoveries. While taking a peek at the…
A short prayer for Idunn today. The example poem utilizes 10-15 syllables per line, though the prompt claims the form the author created to be 12 syllables per line. To be fair, the ending is consistent at 12 syllables. Either way, my poem keeps the lines tight at 10-11 syllables. His poem is technically three…
Yesterday was weird day at work and I didn't get to the prompt until late in the evening. I have written plenty of villanelles before, but this one took 4-5 drafts before I was marginally happy with it. There were tears and some mild screams of frustration. But it is done. I ended up complying…
Today's prompt suggested the use of alliteration and punning / wordplay. I'm not great at puns, but I'll work in homophones and related words all day long. And alliteration is my schtick. If I can have alliteration and still make it meaningful and flow naturally, I get giddy. I decided to challenge myself with the…
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