Tag: #magic
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Just because you don’t believe in it , Doesn’t mean it can’t happen
Originally posted on Eúnoia: Our craft resource for the day is a series of reflections by Wesley McNair on “indirect entry” into a poem. McNair writes of inviting mystery and uncertainty into our poems, both with respect to the writing process and the finished work. And now for our daily prompt (optional as always). I’ve found…
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NaPoWriMo Day 23 – Serendipity
Today’s prompt (optional, as always) asks you to write a poem about a particular letter of the alphabet, or perhaps, the letters that form a short word. Doesn’t “S” look sneaky and snakelike? And “W” clearly doesn’t know where it’s going! Think about the shape of the letter(s), and use that as the take-off point…
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Three Butterflies
Wrote the below poem for the prompt “Butterflies” With heavy heart and tired feet I lower myself on the garden’s wooden seat Skies gray, vacant eyes and throbbing head Cluttered mind, filled with dread A squirrel scurries, I gaze ahead; silent, in its direction Pondering wistfully, adrift; a delightful distraction Ethereal creatures before me…
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NaPoWriMo 2018: Day 22 – Just because you don’t believe in it , Doesn’t mean it can’t happen… Nothing’s Impossible
Our craft resource for the day is a series of reflections by Wesley McNair on “indirect entry” into a poem. McNair writes of inviting mystery and uncertainty into our poems, both with respect to the writing process and the finished work. And now for our daily prompt (optional as always). I’ve found this one rather useful in…
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NaPoWriMo: Day 1 – Night by the sea…
Had written this poem last year. It was the first poem of the NaPoWriMo challenge. The poem was written based on my experience at Ras Al Jinz resort. Somehow, I felt the poem had not done justice to the magic of that night, as I witnessed the creation of life. I’ve edited the poem now…