Tag: #GloPoWriMo2018
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NaPoWriMo 2018: Day 4 – Longing
Today’s challenge, is based on a new craft resource, in the form of an essay by Julie Marie Wade on description in poetry. The prompt focuses on the use of concrete nouns and specific details, using the idea of “putting a dog in it.” Today, we challenge you to write a poem that is about something…
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NaPoWriMo Day 2 : I Believe in You
Today’s challenge is to write a poem that plays with voice. For example, you might try writing a stanza that recounts something in the first-person, followed by a stanza recounting the same incident in the second-person, followed by a stanza that treats the incident from a third-person point of view. Or you might try a…
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NaPoWriMo 2018 : Secret Pleasure
Today’s challenge is to write a poem that is based on a secret shame, or a secret pleasure. When the world’s asleep, And there’s nobody looking, When all the lights turned off, And there’s just the night lamp glowing, Peace! When the room door’s shut, And there’s a sweet silence humming, When all…
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NaPoWriMo 2018 : Day 1 – Me and It(A Forever-kind-of-love story)
Today’s prompt is to write a poem in the form of a love letter . . . to an object. Ideally, the poem will be a kind of riddle, where it’s not totally obvious that the addressee is your beloved childhood pogo stick, or a dish of pad thai from your favorite restaurant, until near…