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Poetry: April 18, 2018 Issue [#8860]

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Poetry


 This week: Hanging On Thru NaPoWriMo
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3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

When the lyrical muse sings the creative pen dances. ~~ Aberjhani, Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays

We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin.~~André Berthiaume

The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.~~ Walt Disney Company, Mulan

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.~~ Maya Angelou

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.~~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

The unexamined life is not worth living.~~Socrates

I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.~~ Edgar Allan Poe

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.~~ Lance Armstrong, Every Second Counts


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Letter from the editor

NaPoWriMo is all about not only writing a poem a day, but keeping your muse awake and kicking for thirty days straight! Tis easy to start off in a flurry, using up odd phrases and ideas you've 'saved' up. But just about now, the ideas start to fade out, your days are a bit backlogged, life has reared its ugly head WAY too often and you muse ... well, your muse has threatened to go on strike, wants more ice cream and chocolate and a most well deserved nap or it will only deliver random phone numbers from a dog-eared telephone book from 1973! It's tired of photograph inspirations --especially ones from exotic locales it can't convince you to travel to NOW!

Do get your muse its favored treat and try some of these prompts ( or any part of them) on for size! Perhaps you will find something that just may tickle your muse's fancy! Or not, but it's worth a try for something different!


An old, crumpled, black and white photograph that falls out of an antique book.

A tarnished silver spoon.

Your great-aunt Sophy (that you may or may not have even known you had) dies and leaves you an antique trunk full of ...

The sound of a far off train whistle in the midst of a lonely night.

Finding a twenty dollar bill in the pocket of a jacket you can't even remember the last time you wore it.

Finding an obviously well-loved teddy bear (rag doll, stuffed bunny, flying pig - what ever) on the side of the road.

A 'shoe tree' (Google it!) or the 'story' behind one of the pairs of footwear hanging there.

The butterfly on the windchime.

Take a line from a favorite poem and go off in your own direction. (Giving credit for the line, off course!)

An old man (or woman or veteran or child) and his/her pet panhandling on the edge of a busy intersection

A funeral with only two people present.

Unrelenting Winter (if you haven't already!)

Finding a bottle with a message inside.

Inscense burning (Patchouli, Dragon's Blood, Lemon-Verbina or ...)

Last words.

YOUR eulogy.

Shadows in the Night.

A poem in which you do not use the words: of, to, from, up, down, the, I, me, my.

A form you've never tried - or your favorite form. (Like a sestina or a pantuum.)

Something in the headlines that touches a chord.

The third book from the right on your bookshelf.

The forty-seventh picture on your cell.

The Nothing Box

Tell off that person you've always wanted to to say something to, but couldn't, shouldn't or wouldn't. (No names necessary!)

A ring full of blackened skeleton keys.


There! That should wake up your muse and fuel its soul!

Good luck!!! And, as always, Happy Writing!
















Editor's Picks


Just some of the folks NaPoWriMo-ing! PLEASE leave them a review and encourage this journey!


"Clouds of Fate"  Open in new Window. by 🌻 thankful pwheeler nano Author Icon

"Oceans Above Mountains"  Open in new Window. by JayNaNoOhNo Author Icon

"Invalid Item"  Open in new Window. by A Guest Visitor

"Invalid Item"  Open in new Window. by A Guest Visitor

"Challenging Poetry"  Open in new Window. by Rhyssa Author Icon

"Snowflake"  Open in new Window. by Lilli 🧿 ☕ Author Icon

"Drift Beyond the Stars"  Open in new Window. by The Dark Faery Author Icon

"Valley of Darkness"  Open in new Window. by Amyaurora Author Icon

"Invalid Item"  Open in new Window. by A Guest Visitor

"A Psalm for Kathryn"  Open in new Window. by Fyn Author Icon

"National Poetry Writing Month"  Open in new Window. by Prosperous Snow celebrating Author Icon

"The Weight of Stolen Freight"  Open in new Window. by Cheyenne Malcolm Author Icon

 
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DRSmith Author IconMail Icon :ever the punster:
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Who's vows never to pray and wish again,
For this Ky angler to be writin'
When the Ausable salmon are bitin'
Cuz I'd rather be there to fish again.


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