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…
Poem prompt: "Our featured resource for the day is the online gallery of the Peabody-Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. Although it may be most famous for its witch trials, Salem was a seafaring town whose sailors and shipowners brought back all manner of items from their travels – which became the initial source of the museum’s collection.…
In a complete turnaround from yesterday, I am in love with today's prompt! A ghazal was the ideal form to repeat Idunn's name throughout, like a chant or a prayer. I can't believe I didn't think of it before. The length of 5-15 couplets meant I could easily make it 9, a Norse holy number.…
I am very uninspired today, between the rain and not feeling well and the prompt of a "self-portrait" poem. I just really, emphatically, did not care today. I barely followed the prompt. But I tried. And hey, it rhymes! The meter is very Sara Teasdale-influenced, if you aren't familiar or couldn't tell. She's a favorite.…
Today's prompt directed participants to pick a number, then write a poem with the words on that row. I cheated, and instead of picking a number first, I perused the list and chose the one(s) I wanted to do. I had to, in order to work around the prompt so I could make it related…
Poem prompt: "Our featured resource for the day is the online collection of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. There’s much to explore here, but just to get you started, why not peruse their images of beautifully designed and varied musical instruments, ranging from a guitar shaped like the moon to a rattle in the form of a bird that…
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