Napowrimo 2024. Day 28 Finally, our optional prompt for the day asks you to try your hand at writing a sijo. This is a traditional Korean verse form. A sijo has three lines of 14-16 syllables. The first line introduces the poem’s theme, the second discusses it, and the third line, which is divided into…
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Napowrimo 2024. Day 18. The Better of Two Evils
Napowrimo 2024. Day 18 And now for our (optional) prompt! Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem in which the speaker expresses the desire to be someone or something else, and explains why. Trigger Warning. Homelessness and abuse. The Better of Two Evils Sat on cold damp pavement, Using cardboard to block…
Napowrimo 2024. Day 14. Expensive Words
Napowrimo 2024. Day 14. Today’s (optional) prompt asks you to write a poem of at least ten lines in which each line begins with the same word (e.g., “Because,” “Forget,” “Not,” “If”). This technique of beginning multiple lines with the same word or phrase is called anaphora, and has long been used to give poems…
Napowrimo 2023. Day 19. Monster Outside My Door
Napowrimo 2023. Day 19. Today’s prompt asks us to look at childhood monsters or something that scares us from childhood. There’s a monster on the landing,Right outside my door.I’m scared to go to the toilet,Because the monster might just roar. He is so very big, Frightening and tall.I tiptoe in my room, Because I am…
A Devil in Disguise
Napowrimo 2023. Day 15. Todays prompt was to write about someone who were supposed to strive to be like but then find out they’re not all that. People who we were told to admire,Commend above the rest.Then comes to light the truth,It creates a whole big mess. Hidden beneath a masked exterior, We find their…
Napowrimo 23. Day 3. Time To Heal/ Walls
Napowrimo 23. Day 3. Today’s prompt is to rewrite a short poem changing as much as possible to the opposite meaning. I decided to use one of my haikus. Here’s the original followed by the new piece. The contrast between the pieces is quite provoking. Time to Heal Give me time to healMy mind is…
Katie’s Words in Dark Corners 