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If You Refrain
Written for: November 2022 PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 28 “For today’s prompt, write a remix poem. This is one of my favorite prompts, and I’ve used it in previous chapbook challenge months. Take a poem you’ve written in the … Continue reading
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Tagged break, News, remix of poem, sanity, Written for Challenge
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Sales, Sales, Sales!
Written for: Miz Quickly – Day 26 – State of Things “The Rabbit is writing these ahead of time, and has no idea what the current state of affairs might be. Write about something in the news, something that the … Continue reading
Refusing The News
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetry Form: Zégel (posted by Grace) “The elements of the simplest and most common form of the Zéjel are: 1. syllabic, most often written in 8 syllable lines. 2. stanzaic, opening with a mono-rhymed … Continue reading
Updating Dad (a sonnet)
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #295 – Yesterday and Today “Today is Father’s Day. As we did with Mom back in May, we can pay homage to the man who had a hand in giving us our start. Write … Continue reading
Snooze News
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet – Trimeric “Trimeric is a four stanza poem. The first stanza has four lines, and the remaining three stanzas have three lines each. The first line of stanzas two through four repeat the … Continue reading
“On The Scene”
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration: Get The Scoop! “You are a news reporter.” WRITE THE COPY OF YOUR STORY ABOUT A WOMAN WHO GIVES BIRTH DURING A BANK ROBBERY ATTEMPT. THE THIEF IS HAILED AS A HERO! … Continue reading
Dear Alice
Written for: Poetic Asides 2019 April PAD Challenge – Day 22 “For today’s prompt, write a correspondence poem. Maybe write a poem that would fit on a postcard or in a letter. Or write a poem about correspondence school. Or … Continue reading
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Tagged imagination, invitation, letter, News, visit, Written for Challenge
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Unsettling World
Written for: Poetic Asides 466 – The the phrase (adjective (noun), and replace it with the title of your poem. I watch the news through finger slats hoping to see just half the terror. Morning arrives, more tweeted spats. I … Continue reading
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Tagged anxious, News, Triolet, uncomfortable, world
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shock
Written for: The Twiglets #91 – “a slight shock” more than a light shock when he was hit by lightning Each item is a slighter shock on the evening news A shock-jock promoting hatred on a radio station in Madrid … Continue reading
keeping
Written for: Carpe Diem #1427 – Huanca The Huanca are a Quechua people living in the Junín Region of central Peru, in and around the Mantaro Valley. At around 500 BC, they were incorporated into the Wari Empire. Despite efforts to … Continue reading