Poetry Prompts and Inspiration Day 17 April PAD Challenge and NaPoWriMo 2023

 

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Good day, Class. Professor Ornery Owl here telling you how I constructed a little poem warning people about not eating oleanders.

Today's April PAD Challenge prompt asks participants to write a nerve poem.

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2023-april-pad-challenge-day-17

Ornery Owl is nothing if not a bundle of nerves today.

https://www.napowrimo.net/day-seventeen-9/

Today's NaPoWriMo prompt asks participants to Sayuri Ayers’ poem “In the Season of Pink Ladies.”

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/159476/in-the-season-of-pink-ladies

Ornery Owl must confess that she did not do this. She also did not follow this portion of the instructions:

Today’s challenge asks you to write a poem that contains the name of a specific variety of edible plant – preferably one that grows in your area. 

Nay, instead this contrary owl wrote a pointed little limerick about the consumption of oleanders being bad for one's nerves and every other part as well.

Seriously, don't eat oleanders. If chowing down on oleander doesn't kill you, it will certainly make you miserable. 

This is probably going to be a miserable day for me. I am THAT asshole who waited till the last minute to do my taxes. 

My rule next year is get that shit done in March. April is too much of a cluster fuck to have to deal with taxes on top of everything else.

~Ornery Owl Has Spoken~

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Ornery PSA

Eating oleanders is a dumb idea. Don't do it. It will kill your crazy ass.

Naughty Netherworld PSA: Social Distancing Acrostic

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S is for sliding and side-stepping away

O is for only staying within your own circle

C is for care of yourself and others

I is for isolating

A is for always taking precautions

L is for spreading love, not contagion

D is for dancing at least six feet apart

I is for insisting on doing what's right

S is for soap and frequent hand-washing

T is for taking time to be safe

A is for asking others to maintain a safe distance

N is for nicely considering needs

C is for compassion and consideration

I is for indoors in your own home

N is for nature in a place that's uncrowded

G is for growing and changing to find new ways to do things

~cie~

I am aware that this reads like a motivational poster.

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NaPoWriMo: Write a poem about the letters of the alphabet or perhaps a poem where the letters form a short word. I kind of took liberties with that idea.

April PAD Challenge: Write a poem about social distancing. There you have it!

If you enjoyed that poem, there's more in my first published poetry volume, Another Autumn. Available for 99 cents on Kindle.

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Netherworld News: Apples and Submissions

The theme for this week's Theme Thursday is apples. We've featured a lot of apples in our poems this month at Poetry of the Netherworld. So, here is a tangerine to shake things up a little.

We like apples and tangerines, and we really like writing poetry. 

The featured letter for Alphabe-Thursday is S. S is the first letter in the word Submissions, so we are pleased to inform you about a place that's looking for your poetry submissions. Head for the Reverie Journal to find out more!

S is also the first letter in the phrase Spread the Word. So, let your readers know about the Reverie's call for Submissions. They're sure to thank you, particularly if they get picked like a choice apple!

I need to stop now, because this is getting very silly. Thank you for your time, and for picking Poetry of the Netherworld as the selection for your reading pleasure.

~Faycin A Croud~

(dodges rotting produce)

No Con-Crit Rule

I recently added the caveat above the comments that we are not looking for con-crit (constructive criticism) on our posts. No-one here is a professional poet, and we are not wanting to travel back in time to high school English class. Either you enjoy the poem or you don't. Please don't pick it apart.

Teammate Wanda wrote a poem, and several people took umbrage to the last line for whatever reason. I'm not sure what Wanda is going to do at this point. I hope she won't rewrite the poem, because I think it's fine the way it is. I also hope she won't pull it, and I definitely hope she won't become reluctant to contribute poems in the future.

The members of Team World all live with mental illness. Wanda and I both have depression and anxiety issues. It can be very difficult for us to come out of our shells. We have our blogs for the purpose of enjoyment and catharsis. Life has not been easy for any of the team members. We simply want a way to express ourselves and to leave reality behind for a while, because as The Cheesemeister/The Real Cie (our founder) is fond of saying, reality bites.

I'm aware that no-one was intending to be cruel with their words. However, in the future, we request no con-crit on our work. Thank you.

Ursula Andromeda

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Team Netherworld