My Ordinary Moments

  Day 8 Prompt: In his poem, “ Poet, No Thanks ,” Jean D’Amérique repeats the phrase “I wasn’t a poet” multiple times, while describing othe...

Day 7 Prompt : In her poem, “ Front Yard Rhyme ,” Cecily Parks evokes the sing-songy beats that accompany girls’  clapping games , and  jump...

Day 6 Prompt: Our daily resource is Nobel-winning poet Louise Glück’s essay, “ Against Sincerity .” Here, Glück muses on the difference betw...

The day started with zero ideas. Then I read Kim Russel's Don't walk, swim .  My poem today started off silly and overdramatic (as p...

Day 4 Prompt:  In his poem, “ Spring Thunder ,” Mark van Doren brings us a short, haunting evocation of weather and the change in seasons. T...

#Na/GloPoWriMo  Day 3 Prompt And now, last but not least, here is today’s optional prompt. In his poem, “ Treasure Hunt ,” Prabodh Parikh br...

#Na/GloPoWriMo    Day 2 Prompt :  Today, we’d like to challenge you to write your own poem in which you recount a childhood memory. Try to i...