Day 29 ... NaPoWriMo / Poem-a-Day 2024

Fun stuff for Day 29 in the blog intro for 29 April 2015: Day Twenty-Nine. Looking online for something to say about the number 29, I found these interesting facts: According to USA Today, 29% of married couples share a toothbrush. It would take 29 million years for a car traveling 100 miles per hour to reach the nearest star. And April 29 — today — is International Dance Day! I like that second factoid. That's a lot of gas stations or charging stations! Oh, also, my poem that day was pretty funny . . . click here. Okay, on to today's prompts. Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day suggestion: “For today's prompt, take the phrase ‘Until (blank),’ replace the blank with a new word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles might include: ‘Until the End of Time,’ ‘Until the Cows Come Home,’ ‘Until I Finish This Poem,’ and/or ‘Until You Get Your Chores Done.’” Maureen Thorson’s NaPoWriMo prompt: “If you’ve been paying attention to pop-music news over the past couple of weeks, you may know that Taylor Swift has released a new double album titled “The Tortured Poets Department.” In recognition of this occasion, Merriam-Webster put together a list of ten words from Taylor Swift songs. We hope you don’t find this too torturous yourself, but we’d like to challenge you to select one these words, and write a poem that uses the word as its title.” Okay, I cheated. I used all 10 words with “until ____,” but not as a title. Sorry if I'm sending you to the dictionary or google. Also, I suppose if there's a poetic form here, well, maybe a poetic device, it's anaphora (see Day 14). Until Taylor until albatross until antithetical until altruism until cardigan until clandestine until elegy until incandescent until Macchiavellian until mercurial until self-effacing all become just banal bromides mainstream chestnuts humdrum commonplaces we'll just listen harken lend an ear to tortured poets —Draft by Vince Gotera    [Do not copy or quote . . . thanks.] To end, here's a fun(ny) article: "Man Named Taylor Swift ..." Friends, won’t you comment, please? Love to know what you’re thinking. Thanks! Ingat, everyone.  ヅ

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