Day 10 ... NaPoWriMo / Poem-a-Day 2025 // Stafford 84

Maureen Thorson’s NaPoWriMo prompt: “Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem that . . . uses alliteration and punning. See if you can’t work in references to at least one word you have trouble spelling, and one that you’ve never quite been able to perfectly remember the meaning of.” Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day suggestion: “For today's prompt, write a number poem. The poem can focus on one number or several numbers. It could involve counting, adding, subtracting, or some other form of simple or complex mathematics. Or the poem could have a number in the title.” Merging prompts today with a curtal sonnet, in decasyllabic lines (except for the ending half-line). For the NaPoWriMo prompt, pretty much just the alliteration, in B (and consonance too in the middles of words, like "Ibanez" and "rumbles") . . . but, unsure spelling or meaning, no. For the Poem-a-Day prompt, check out the title. My Number One Bass —curtal sonnet I’ve had several basses in my life. First, an SG bass, blood-red, counterfeit. I refinished that one in sparkle blue. An Ibanez Ergodyne in bronze, shaped from resin, not wood. McCartney Beatle bass, violin. Pitch-black Danelectro Longhorn. Tiny Mikro bass in purple. The one I play out is my favorite: Cort Curbow 5-string bass in brilliant blue. Bright and bassy, it reverbs and rumbles,                                     best bass I play for you. —Draft by Vince Gotera    [Do not copy or quote . . . thanks.] In his poem today, Alan also melded the prompts: number in the title, alliteration in D (as well as consonance too, like the d's in the middle of "leader," "Adderall," and at the end of "around" and "world"). Plus . . . you can sing this one to the theme of a childhood show I'm sure you'll remember. National Anthem, 2025 Who’s the leader of a country yearning to be free? D-O-N-A-L-D T-R-U-M-P! Who intends to stay in office for eternity? D-O-N-A-L-D T-R-U-M-P! Donald Trump (Elon Musk)! Donald Trump (Elon Musk)! We’re glad you’re all on Adderall and high, high, high, high! Everyone is welcome if they join the GOP. D-O-N-A-L-D T-R-U-M-P! We’ll do things and we’ll see places. All around the world we’re marching. D-O-N- In no time, you’ll say there’s too much winning! A-L-D- Deny! Delay! Defend! T-R-U-M-P! —Draft by Thomas Alan Holmes    [Do not copy or quote . . . thanks.] Friends, won’t you comment, please? Love to know what you’re thinking. Thanks! Ingat, everyone.  ヅ

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