Two Kinds Of People by Ella Wheeler Wilcox(1850–1919) There are two kinds of people on earth today,Two kinds of people no more I say.Not the good or the bad, for…
Written for Colleen: https://tankatuesday.com/2024/04/30/24-seasons-syllabic-poetry-challenge-no-32-4-30-24-part-ii-grain-rain-april-19-may-4-koku-%e7%a9%80%e9%9b%a8 Colleen says: Your writing invitation is to experiment with the renga form.Here’s how to write renga: Renga or Renku features alternating stanzas, usually of 5-7-5 and…
In moments of great anxiety and enfeebling grief, conjure up that special place that brings you joy. Soar, then watch the enfeebling emotions flutter, drift off, and shift into nothing. Find joy.
Written for Val at A Different Perspective: https://murisopsis.wordpress.com/2024/03/29/looking-at-poems-around-the-world https://murisopsis.wordpress.com/author/murisopsis/ For Day 30. Philippines: Tanaga – A Filipino form, composed of 4 lines with 7 syllables per line and writtenas a…
Day Thirty on APRIL 30, 2024 All good things, even Na/GloPoWriMo, must come to an end. But we’ll be back again next year(and also tomorrow, with our final featured participant!) Today’s…
Day Twenty-Nine on APRIL 29, 2024 Happy twenty-ninth day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, everyone. We have two featured participants today: Frank Bekker, who brings us a sweetsijo about a cat, and Brittany Mishra, whose poem…
Day Twenty-Eight on APRIL 28, 2024 We’re in the home stretch now, with just three days left to go in this year’s Na/GloPoWriMo! Today’s featured participant is MellowYellow, which brings us a…
Day Twenty-Seven on APRIL 27, 2024 A very happy twenty-seventh day of Na/GloPoWriMo to you all. Today, our featured daily participant is Peregrine Buffington, where you’ll not only find a lot of…
Day Twenty-Six on APRIL 26, 2024 Happy final Friday of Na/GloPoWriMo, everyone! Our featured participant for the day is Words With Ruth, where we get a dating profile in responseto Day 25’s…
Day Twenty-Five on APRIL 25, 2024 Welcome back, all, for the twenty-fifth day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo. Today, our featured participant is Wind Rush, which brings us an intriguing meditation on wholenessand brokenness in…
Written for24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 31, 4/23/24, Part I, Grain Rain(April 19 – May 4) Koku 穀雨 APRIL 23, 2024TANKATUESDAY CHALLENGES SHARING: Golden week is the perennial holiday…
Day Twenty-Four on APRIL 24, 2024 As of today, there’s just one week to go in our annual challenge. We hope you are feeling cool, calm, andconfident in your writing. And…