Showing posts with label sonnet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sonnet. Show all posts

Sunday, April 9, 2023

Poetry Prompts and Inspiration Day 9 April Pad Challenge and NaPoWriMo 2023

 

Image by eatde from Pixabay

Happy Easter/Ostara for those who celebrate such. I did not make the creation in the image at the top of the post, but that's a really cute idea for cupcakes! I really need to get a decorating bag so my frosting isn't always just splatted on with a spoon.

Today's April PAD Challenge prompt calls for a number poem.

Today's NaPoWriMo prompt asks for a sonnet with a theme relating to love.

Here is their information regarding sonnets.

A traditional sonnet is 14 lines long, with each line having ten syllables that are in iambic pentameter (where an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable). While love is a very common theme in sonnets, they’re also known for having a kind of argumentative logic, in which a problem is posed in the first eight lines or so, discussed or argued about in the next four, and then resolved in the last two lines. 

A traditional sonnet rhymes, but I am nothing if not a thoroughly modern Millie, or at least a grumpy old owl. My sonnet may rhyme or it may not. I can manage the ten syllables bit. Whether my pentameter is iambically precise is open for debate.

Sadly, I cannot share the result here as I am submitting it for potential publication in the upcoming Soul Ink anthology from Dragon Soul Press, and posting it on my blog would disqualify it for consideration.

Here is what I was listening to while creating this post.


Here is the link.

Happy Easter/Ostara from Ornery Owl.


Yes, I did manage to earn the "I made myself cry with my writing" badge at Camp NaNoWriMo with this poem, if you must know.


Saturday, May 2, 2020

The Return (Sonnet)

Image copyright Andrew Martin on Pixabay

Shall I celebrate my return to life
Or will I know I am facing more strife
Too many struggles wear a body down
Sorrow makes souls want to not come back 'round

I'll come back again because I suppose
I'll have unfinished business left in droves
Stories without endings, and the laundry
To return or not is the soul's quandary

I suppose no matter what the trouble
If asked, I'll be back here on the double
Come back again to give it one more try
How is there such a foolish soul as I?

I know some folks I'll want to see again
I wish fewer broken hearts and more friends

~cie~

NaPoWriMo: Write a poem about something that comes back. I'm the proverbial bad penny. You can't get rid of me.

April PAD Challenge: Write a praise poem. This poem sort of praises reincarnation, right?
https://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/2020-april-pad-challenge-day-30

The Inevitable Legalese and Other Blah-Blah

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Friday, October 26, 2018

OctPoWriMo 2018: Day 26: Mixed Messages


I need to be more open, I am told
Not to keep my truth a secret, to be bold
Not to be introspective, to reveal
Every thought I think and feeling that I feel

But when I follow this advice, then all I find
Are those who say: don't be quick to speak your mind
You must maintain an air of mystery
Don't be in a hurry to set your secrets free

Have an open heart but don't wear it on your sleeve
Don't let the sun catch you crying, no-one wants to see you grieve
Be real and true and honest, but don't be an open book
Don't keep your light hidden inside, let the world have a look

With all this conflicting information
I just want to catch the train and leave the station

~Cie~