Tag: #day29
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NaPoWriMo Day 29 – The Gift
“And here’s our prompt. In certain versions of the classic fairytale Sleeping Beauty, various fairies or witches are invited to a princess’s christening, and bring her gifts. One fairy/witch, however, is not invited, and in revenge for the insult, lays a curse on the princess. Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem in […]
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NaPoWriMO Day 29 : Through the classroom window
First I want to share with everybody how delighted I was to know that my poem NaPoWriMo Day 28 – Do you have dreams? was selected to be the featured poem of Day 28. You can check the link below- https://www.napowrimo.net/day-twenty-nine-7/ (read blog name ‘Eunoia’). I want to thank the judges of NaPoWriMo for thinking […]
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NaPoWriMo Day 29 – To Rusty
Today, I challenge you to write a paean to the stalwart hero of your household: your pet. Sing high your praises and tell the tale of Kitty McFluffleface’s ascension of Mt. Couch. Let us hear how your intrepid doggo bravely answers the call to adventure whenever the leash jingles. If you don’t have a pet, […]
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NaPoWriMo : Day 29 – Taming of the Shrew
And now for our penultimate (optional) prompt! The poet William Wordsworth once said that “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.” For Wordsworth, a poem was the calm after the storm – an opportunity to remember and summon up emotion, but at a time and […]
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NaPoWriMo 2018: Day 29 – A Response Poem- Sleeping Child to Nick and the Candlestick
Today we have new interview (and our last for this year!), with the poet Chris Tonelli’s, whose second full-length poetry collection, Whatever Stasis, is just out from Barrelhouse Books. You can read some of Tonelli’s poetry here and here, and our interview with him here. Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem […]