Our prompt for Day Twenty-Three comes to us from Gloria Gonsalves, who challenges us to write a double elevenie. What’s that? Well, an elevenie is an eleven-word poem of five […]
Tag: poetry
blackeration
Today, I challenge you to write a poem that incorporates neologisms. What’s that? Well, it’s a made-up word! blackeration: to put black all over it to imbue with black love […]
nocturne for survivors
Today, I challenge you to write a nocturne. it is the same rivers moving through me at the speed of light carrying the weight of oxygen telling me live even […]
bottom of the circle
Because we’re halfway through NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that reflects on the nature of being in the middle of something. the cycle moves […]
nbecky dolezal
Because it’s Friday, let’s keep it light and silly today, with a clerihew. This is a four line poem biographical poem that satirizes a famous person. an invitation to poetic […]
there is no comfort
Today’s prompt is an oldie-but-a-goody: the ghazal. The form was originally developed in Arabic and Persian poetry, but has become increasingly used in English, after being popularized by poets including […]
i found her face locked in a frame
I skipped the 7th prompt due to time travel. here it is. In keeping with the fact that it’s the seventh day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Elizabeth and I challenge you to […]
9
Because today is the ninth day of NaPoWriMo, I’d like to challenge you to write a nine-line poem. sometimes i lose my hope when the miracles have gone my kind […]
black joy
Today I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that relies on repetition. It can be repetition of a phrase, or just a word. i opened the box to […]
6 ways to see tonight
Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that looks at the same thing from various points of view. The most famous poem of this type is probably […]