sometimes when the moon is full I swoon, basked in soft light, and imagine you in the vastness, gazing at her, connecting us like a tidal wave, you flood my senses, so far away, yet here
~kat
NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 28 Challenge: try your hand at writing a sijo. This is a traditional Korean verse form. A sijo has three lines of 14-16 syllables. The first line introduces the poem’s theme, the second discusses it, and the third line, which is divided into two sentences or clauses, ends the poem – usually with some kind of twist or surprise.
I’ve spent three days boiling driftwood, driftwood that the fish nerd at the pet store said was okay to put right into my fish tank driftwood that in a matter of hours turned crystal clear water that I’d spent weeks conditioning, blood red…the fish didn’t seem to mind it, did you know the tannins in driftwood are not harmful to tropical fish? well, harmful or not, blood red is not a good look especially given the fact that I recently killed off a thriving aquarium community because I had the audacity to get a bigger tank so my fish would have more room to do what fish do…. swim, eat fish flakes, swim…with me watching… having a fish tank is so calming…I’ll be boiling driftwood again tomorrow…as long as it takes… the driftwood is still bleeding red
~kat
NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 27 Challenge: write an “American sonnet.” What’s that? Well, it’s like a regular sonnet but . . . fewer rules? Like a traditional Spencerian or Shakespearean sonnet, an American sonnet is shortish (generally 14 lines, but not necessarily!), discursive, and tends to end with a bang, but there’s no need to have a rhyme scheme or even a specific meter.
the wild blackberry blooms gleam stars bursting ‘midst a sea of green promise plump berries fruit fit for faeries be wary barbs unseen
~kat
NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 26 Challenge: write a poem that involves alliteration, consonance, and assonance. Alliteration is the repetition of a particular consonant sound at the beginning of multiple words. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds elsewhere in multiple words, and assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds. Traci Brimhall’s poem “A Group of Moths” provides a great example of these poetic devices at work, with each line playing with different sounds that seem to move the poem along on a sonorous wave.
Poetry Form: Clogyrnach – A Welsh syllabic and rhyming form with 6 lines. The syllable count is 8/8/5/5/3/3 and the rhyme scheme is a/a/b/b/b/a. There is no required theme.
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”.
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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