Site Administrator Valkyrie Posted April 2, 2015 Site Administrator Posted April 2, 2015 April is National Poetry Month in the US. Similar to NaNoWriMo, NaPoWriMo encourages people to write a poem a day for the month of April. A friend of mine asked me if I would complete the challenge with her, and I agreed, despite telling myself I wasn't interested in attempting poetry again...lol It's been a long time since I've attempted to write poetry, but I'm up for the challenge. Is anyone else participating in NaPoWriMo? I've made the decision to share what I write here weekly, so next Wed look for the first "chapter" of my "April Musings" (thanks, AC!). 5
Aditus Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 (edited) I didn't know. Thank you for telling me! I'm trying to join in and will also share mine if all goes well. Look out for 'A fool's thoughts'. Edited April 2, 2015 by aditus 3
Site Administrator Valkyrie Posted April 2, 2015 Author Site Administrator Posted April 2, 2015 Great! I can't wait to read what you come up with. Love the title, BTW. 1
Dolores Esteban Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 I didn't know either. I'm going to have a look, too. 2
MrM Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 I wish my poetry powers worked that way, but one a day is not possible for me. I'll focus on my latest one and post it here, though. 1
MrM Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 I posted one today. I powers were at work today it would seem.https://www.gayauthors.org/story/mrm/MPoetry/7 1
Site Administrator Valkyrie Posted April 9, 2015 Author Site Administrator Posted April 9, 2015 Well, I'm not off to the best start due to being sick for over a week, but I did manage to write for two days last week. Please be kind. https://www.gayauthors.org/forums/story/valkyrie/aprilmusings 1
AC Benus Posted April 11, 2015 Posted April 11, 2015 Yes, but I'd like you all to take your April poem-a-day challenge as a good time to crank on those Quatrains! Why..? Well, let me put it this way, the May poetry prompt is an important one - one that all the others have been leading up to. So, now that you are writing a poem everyday, practice on the Quatrain, practice, practice, practice, for the more you do the happier you will be come May
Dolores Esteban Posted April 12, 2015 Posted April 12, 2015 I've done Found Poetry so far. There are a lot of interesting prompts on the PoMoSco site. My results are, well, weird. I titled one poem Ganymede's Hounds. It has a subtle beauty to its weirdness. I'm not yet sure if I post these weird poems. Reading AC Benus' post, I better turn to Quatrains now anyway. 1
AC Benus Posted April 12, 2015 Posted April 12, 2015 I've done Found Poetry so far. There are a lot of interesting prompts on the PoMoSco site. My results are, well, weird. I titled one poem Ganymede's Hounds. It has a subtle beauty to its weirdness. I'm not yet sure if I post these weird poems. Reading AC Benus' post, I better turn to Quatrains now anyway. Wow, did Ganymede have time to tend to dogs, I mean with his official 'cup bearer' duties and all. I bet Zeus could scarey spare the lad for a few minutes, let alone an hour or two...hehe Unless you mean 'Ganymede' from As You Like It, then maybe he/she could have cavorted with Amiens and his sporting pups 1
Dolores Esteban Posted April 13, 2015 Posted April 13, 2015 It's different. Here it is: Ganymede’s Hounds Weary their throats with barking Calling after their abducted master Furious, the loyal hounds left - Grieving Ganymede, the beautiful - For Mount Olympus, heavenwards To draw god Zeus, hero-king game PoMoSco Prompt: Blender Source Text: Wikipedia, Ganymede, one paragraph 2
Site Administrator Valkyrie Posted April 13, 2015 Author Site Administrator Posted April 13, 2015 No poetry antho for me. I'm hoping to start writing again tonight to get back on track with NaPoWriMo.
AC Benus Posted April 13, 2015 Posted April 13, 2015 So....Poetry Anthology... That's released on the 15th...
AC Benus Posted April 13, 2015 Posted April 13, 2015 (edited) It's different. Here it is: Ganymede’s Hounds Weary their throats with barking Calling after their abducted master Furious, the loyal hounds left - Grieving Ganymede, the beautiful - For Mount Olympus, heavenwards To draw god Zeus, hero-king game PoMoSco Prompt: Blender Source Text: Wikipedia, Ganymede, one paragraph Ah, nice! It's his shepherd dogs...um, makes me want to get my Ovid and see if he mentions any in the scene Thanks for posting it, I really like it! Edited April 13, 2015 by AC Benus 1
Aditus Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 I'm still experimenting: Days eleven to twenty are now live. 1
Site Administrator Valkyrie Posted April 22, 2015 Author Site Administrator Posted April 22, 2015 Unfortunately, I haven't written anything since I got sick. I'll be at a convention for work Wed-Sat, so I doubt I'll have the time to write anything until next week.
Dolores Esteban Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 I wrote a couple of Quatrains and again experimented with Found Poetry. I meanwhile make up my own rules. 3
Dolores Esteban Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 Today's Found Poetry experiment was interesting. I generated a new song. I randomly picked lines from Jesus Christ Superstar, then randomly picked another song. Interestingly, the result was Save A Prayer by Duran Duran. I randomly picked lines from this song and inserted them into the the first selection. The result is quite interesting: Save A Prayer 1
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