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For today’s prompt, write a landay. Landays are 22-syllable couplets, generally rhyming, with 9 syllables in the first line and 13 syllables in the second line. The form is from Afghanistan, typically sung by women as folk songs. You can try writing a single landay or string a few together for your poem. Happy writing! … Continue reading
For this week’s prompt: write about taking a detour This could be a traditional detour on the road -> from highway to scenic route; from regular road to being lost in a field; from being on your road trip to having to stop by an aunt’s or cousin’s house because you are in the “neighborhood”. … Continue reading
For this week’s prompt: write about this fashionista Miss ‘Rosy Maple Moth’ This picture was taken at our own Shelley Lake in Raleigh. I had no idea that moths could be that flashy, risking being spotted and eaten for one glorious moment of sparkle and glamour. The courage! Happy Writing!
For this week’s prompt, imagine the following scenario: someone who is close to you falls in love with someone who, you can clearly see, is not good for your friend/loved one, emotionally, financially or physically, etc… What is your long-term reaction to that person’s decision, what is the state of mind you settle into when all … Continue reading
For this week’s prompt: write an imitation poem to Lorca’s poem ‘Death’. You could only imitate the form or the topic or the highly associative approach to a difficult topic or you could stay very close to the poem and write your highly associative version of a Death poem in the same structure. Have fun! … Continue reading
We’ve finally reached the last prompt we will use from the Poetic Asides blog during National Poetry Month. For this prompt, take one of the many words invented by William Shakespeare and make it the title of your poem. Of course, you can always try to use as many Shakespearean words as you can. Here … Continue reading
For today’s prompt, take your pick one of these prompts from the previous week of the Poetic Asides PAD Challenge Pick an adjective, make it the title of your poem, then write your poem (Day 15) Pick two vowels and write a poem containing one or both of these vowels; the letter y is a … Continue reading
For today’s prompt, try your hand at one of those infamous fill-in-the-blank prompts from the Poetic Asides Poem-a-Day Challenge: How <Blank>. These prompts are fun to do because you can let your imagination run wild! Happy writing! Pamela
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