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NaPoWriMo Day 7: Smorgasbord Prompt Day

Here is today's prompt. I'm going to give it a shot: Today’s prompt is a bit of a smorgasbord, and reflects the fact that we are at day seven. It asks you to write a poem with seven different phrases, ideas, or just plain old “things” in it. These are: 1) an example of synasthetic metaphor — one that describes one sensory perception using adjectives more naturally suited to a different sense (e.g., “a red noise,” or a “a bitter touch”) 2) a fruit 3) the name (first or last) of someone you k

Darth Squirrely

Darth Squirrely

NaPo Day 6: The Villanelle

When I was in high school, I took an AP English course. In our poetry section, I was introduced to the villanelle, an interesting poetic form. The poem we read was "Do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas. It remains, to this day, my favorite poem ever. We also were given the assignment of writing our own villanelles; everyone liked mine but I lost it ages ago, and anyway I should write a fresh one as it's NaPoWriMo, not "Show off Poems You Wrote Ages Ago Month." So here I g

Darth Squirrely

Darth Squirrely

NaPoWriMo Day 5: 5 Poems Written Today

Poem 1: Much Younger Men I don't see how Age matters in the end Isn't it maturity That makes all the difference? If that's the case, Then I'm not a cougar Because everybody knows I'm the least mature of all. Poem 2: Treetops Sunshine, warm and bright Birdspecks lofting high Wondrous is the sight Of trees beneath the sky Poem 3: Delicious Terror This delicious terror Welling up in me Tastes of adrenaline Of racing breath, Pounding heart, Fear of life-ending death; Thrilling

Darth Squirrely

Darth Squirrely

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