NaPoWriMo Day 20 – Kennings

NaPoWriMo Day 20 – Kennings

I loved working on today’s prompt! The NaPoWriMo Day 20 challenge was to write a poem with kennings, metaphors used in Norse sagas. NaPoWriMo Day 20 – Kennings Prometheus Clay-fashioner Life-bearer God-tricker Fire-giver Chain-clanger Scream-maker...
NaPoWriMo Day 19 – Didactic

NaPoWriMo Day 19 – Didactic

The challenge for NaPoWriMo Day 19 was to write a didactic poem on any theme and I chose writing. NaPoWriMo Day 19 – Didactic The first step is to sit in the same seat, Turn on a screen or grab a pad and pen, Then take a deep breath and put up your feet, Time...
Day 18 – Sound of Home

Day 18 – Sound of Home

I have been wanted to try a Bref Double poem and today seemed like an excellent opportunity. The NaPoWriMo prompt for Day 18 was sounds of home. I grew up in northern Alabama and I have fantastic memories of growing up in my great grandmother’s yard surrounded...
NaPoWriMo Day 17 – Dictionary

NaPoWriMo Day 17 – Dictionary

This was a tough prompt for a Sunday night. The NaPoWriMo challenge today (and it was a challenge) was to use at least 10 terms from a specialised dictionary.   NaPoWriMo Day 17 – Dictionary A vatic threnody, fustian longueur, This is not, In its place, a...
NaPoWriMo Day 16 – Almanac

NaPoWriMo Day 16 – Almanac

The NaPoWriMo prompt for Day 16 was a bit of a struggle. The task was to fill out an Almanac Questionaire about a real or imagined place. Of course, I’ve chosen a place that was real but now lives mostly in our imaginations. NaPoWriMo Day 16 – Almanac...