Day 15 ... NaPoWriMo / Poem-a-Day 2025 // Stafford 89

Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day suggestion: “For the third Two-for-Tuesday prompt:  1) Write a poetic form poem, and/or . . . 2) Write an anti-form poem.” Maureen Thorson’s NaPoWriMo prompt: You'll have to go to NaPoWriMo HQ to see Maureen's presentation of a rock warm-up by Brother J.C. and a small poem by Jane Kenion. The prompt is: “While Brother J.C.’s warm-up and Kenyon’s poem might seem very different at first, they’re both informed by repetition, simple language, and they express enthusiasm. They have a sermon/prayer-like quality, and then end with a bang. Your challenge is to write a six-line poem that has these same qualities.” Okay, merging all three prompts with a sonnet/not-sonnet. Ars Poetica To write a sonnet, you first have to think in sound, words with particular flavors, similarities. You may have a topic to demonstrate, but ground yourself in rhymes, echoes, and the magnolia trees in the background. They are singing arias to the wind. Hear their rhythm, their meter. Write your topic, but don’t forget the jazz then head resolutely for the volta— Forget that shit. Just write the fuck out of the verse, kick out the jams. Forget about rules. Rules are for armies and board games. There are no rules! Write whatever comes into your head. Let it flow! If you don’t think it’s any good, write it anyway. Fix it later, on the run. Write like a motherfucker! —Draft by Vince Gotera    [Do not copy or quote . . . thanks.] Photo by Seidenperle from Pixabay Here is Alan's poem today. Very subtle political satire. What do you think he's doing with the prompts? Won’t Get Fooled Again The provost called me in, perplexed, excoriated me an hour, and my response left her more vexed, annoyed, pissed off, aggrieved, and sour— my band alluded to Who’s Next around our campus’s clock tower. —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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