Tag: #funnypoem
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NaPoWriM0 2023: Day 6 – I write the life I like
Our daily resource is Poetry International, a wonderful source of contemporary poems in many different languages. Besides hosting so many poems online, Poetry International also puts on an annual poetry festival. This year’s will take place in Rotterdam in June. Today’s (optional) prompt is again drawn from our archives, and builds off our daily resource. Take…
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NaPoWriMo Day2023- Day 5: Grandma’s funeral
Today, our featured resource is Verse Daily, where you will find – you guessed it – a new poem every day. You can also check out more than twenty years of archived poems – a rich collection indeed. Finally, here’s our (optional) prompt for the day. Begin by reading Charles Simic’s poem “The Melon.” It would…
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NaPoWriMo Day 14: Bollywood Ishtyle
And now for our (optional) prompt. Today’s challenge is a fun one: write a poem that takes the form of the opening scene of the movie of your life. Does it open with a car chase? A musical number? A long scene panning across a verdant plain? You’re the director (and also the producer, the actors,…
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NaPoWriMo 2018: Day 17 – A Family Anecdote
Our prompt for the day (optional as always) follows Gowrishankar’s suggestion that we write a poem re-telling a family anecdote that has stuck with you over time. It could be the story of the time your Uncle Louis caught a home run ball, the time your Cousin May accidentally brought home a coyote and gave…