Tag: #Ukraine
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NaPoWriMo Day 16- Save the sunflowers
“Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a curtal sonnet. This is a variation on the classic 14-line sonnet. The curtal sonnet form was developed by Gerard Manley Hopkins, and he used it for what is probably his most famous poem, “Pied Beauty.” A curtal sonnet has eleven lines, instead of the usual fourteen, and […]
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NaPoWriMo Day 8 – There, I said it!
Today’s prompt comes to us from this list of “all-time favourite writing prompts.” It asks you to name your alter-ego, and then describe him/her in detail. Then write in your alter-ego’s voice. Maybe your alter-ego is a streetwise detective, a superhero, or a very small goldfinch. Whoever or whatever your alternate self maybe, I hope this prompt […]
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NaPoWriMo Day 3: Sleep, my baby, sleep
Today’s prompt is to write a Spanish form called a “glosa” – literally a poem that glosses, or explains, or in some way responds to another poem. The idea is to take a quatrain from a poem that you like, and then write a four-stanza poem that explains or responds to each line of the […]
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Naveen – A tribute
‘Naveen’ means fresh, creative, bright ‘Naveen’ was my mom’s youngest brother’s name “He died when he was two,” my grandma told me with a tear in her eye. “A long, long time ago.” Yesterday, Naveen died once again This time, he was twenty-one A year older than my daughter is now He was studying to […]
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How easy to become a refugee?
Mr President, Sir You taught me something new today I thought those who fled their nation were a different breed Forgive me, my ignorance But, I thought they came from nations ruled by zealots where violence was a norm; cursed countries gave birth to them – and I felt sorry for them As I watched […]