ask me anything this or that, but only if you really want to know…my heart is weary of bleeding secrets
~kat
NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 25 Challenge: write a poem based on the “Proust Questionnaire,” a set of questions drawn from Victorian-era parlor games, and adapted by modern interviewers. You could choose to answer the whole questionnaire, and then write a poem based on your answers, answer just a few, or just write a poem that’s based on the questions. You could even write a poem in the form of an entirely new Proust Questionnaire.
I am worn out with dreams finished with futile endeavors no more wishing on shooting stars what will be, will be, it’s all good, whatever…
don’t need to make things happen I’m learning to go with the flow it’s quite a ride, just cruising along no pressure, nothing to prove, no show
my dreams these days are simpler things the season of striving has come to an end my focus is now on the joy that life brings and the treasure found in single sweet moments
~kat
NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 24 Challenge: write a poem that begins with a line from another poem (not necessarily the first one), but then goes elsewhere with it. This will work best if you just start with a line of poetry you remember, but without looking up the whole original poem. Or you could find a poem that you haven’t read before and then use a line that interests you. The idea is for the original to furnish the backdrop for your work, but without influencing you so much that you feel as if you are just rewriting the original! For example, you could begin, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day,” or “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons,” or “I miss them, but it wasn’t a disaster,” or “they persevere in swimming where they like.” Really, any poem will do to provide your starter line – just so long as it gives you the scope to explore.
The line I chose is from the poem, “Men Improve with the Years” by William Butler Yeats: “I am worn out with dreams”.
they’re not obvious, your superpowers, but I’ve seen you light up a room with a simple smile I’ve watched you slay the closet monsters with a lullaby and heal wounds with a kiss I’ve watched you juggle groceries, several toddlers, an infant on your hip, and an over-stuffed handbag filled with bandaids, bottles, diapers, wipes, and snacks, while navigating across a busy parking lot, arriving safely at the car where you deftly pack, strap, and tuck everyone in for the ride home… you wake up early, lay your head down late sleep lightly, always at the ready to serve, and you do all this without expecting anything in return you love deeply, so deeply you are the wind beneath the wings of your fledglings you may think nobody notices but I do…you’re a true superhero don’t you dare let anyone tell you that you’re weak
we’re told not to believe what we see with our eyes “trust us,” they say, “we’ll tell you what is true
it’s impossible to know the truth; what is truth? it’s an opinion
~kat
NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 22 Challenge: write a poem in which two things have a fight. Two very unlikely things, if you can manage it. Like, maybe a comb and a spatula. Or a daffodil and a bag of potato chips. Or perhaps your two things could be linked somehow – like a rock and a hard place – and be utterly sick of being so joined. The possibilities are endless!
Poetry Forms: Cinquain and Senryu
A cinquain is a five-line poem consisting of twenty-two syllables: two in the first line, then four, then six, then eight, and then two syllables again in the last line.
Senryū is a Japanese form of short poetry similar to haiku in construction: three lines with 17 morae. Senryū tend to be about human foibles while haiku tend to be about nature, and senryū are often cynical or darkly humorous while haiku are more serious.
The villanelle is another very old form of poetry that came from France and has lots of rules. It is made up of 19 lines; five stanzas of three lines (tercet) each and a final stanza of four lines (quatrain). As you can see from the rhyme scheme; ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA, this type of poem only has two rhyming sounds. Plus, there is a lot of repetition throughout the villanelle. Line one will be repeated in lines six, 12 and 18; and line three will be repeated in lines nine, 15 and 19.
So it is easier for you to find all the parts/chapters of my ongoing fiction series, I created a new page that lists all the links. You can check it out HERE!
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