Monthly Archives: April 2019

Minimal List Cat Poems.

Posted on April 30, 2019 by colonialist

Day 30 and Final GloPoWriMo 2019 Prompt: I’d like you to try your hand at a minimalist poem. What’s that? Well, a poem that is quite short, and that doesn’t really try to tell a story, but to quickly and … Continue reading →

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Serious Seasonal Meditation

Posted on April 29, 2019 by colonialist

GloPoWriMo Day 29 Today, I’d like to challenge you to blend these concepts into your own work, by producing a poem that meditates, from a position of tranquillity, on an emotion you have felt powerfully. How sad, indeed, that when … Continue reading →

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May 2019 Parliamentary Elections in South Africa

Posted on April 28, 2019 by colonialist

Cast vote not to win, but cut or diminish Overseer party power: Mouse may be worth more than rat at finish! Ideas to grin at in this hour Will crackle as factories once more flower. © April 2019 Colonialist

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Met a Poem About Poems

Posted on April 28, 2019 by colonialist

Day 28 GloPoWriMo 2019 . . . the concept of meta-poems – which are poems about poems! And now for our daily prompt. As you may have guessed, today I’d like to challenge you to try your hand at a … Continue reading →

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An Icy Reception; Warm Hospitality.

Posted on April 27, 2019 by colonialist

Today was the dual birthday party (slightly in advance) for both younger grandkids. They and their mother chose selected friends as guests, and the Ice Rink as the venue. This went down well, indeed, although most of the kids also … Continue reading →

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Sonnet or Moonnet.

Posted on April 27, 2019 by colonialist

For the 27th day of Na/GloPoWriMo, I’d like to challenge you to “remix” a Shakespearean sonnet. Shakespeare Sonnet XII When I do count the clock that tells the time, And see the brave day sunk in hideous night; When I … Continue reading →

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Bawl, Ball, & Not Quite Able

Posted on April 26, 2019 by colonialist

Day 26 GloPoWriMo 2019 Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that uses repetition. You can repeat a word, or phrase. You can even repeat an image, perhaps slightly changing or enlarging it from stanza to stanza, … Continue reading →

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Seriously Sensible Flutters.

Posted on April 25, 2019 by colonialist

GloMoWriMo 2019 Day 25 ‘And now for today’s prompt I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that: Is specific to a season Uses imagery that relates to all five senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell) Includes a … Continue reading →

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When Comes the Whether

Posted on April 24, 2019 by colonialist

                      GloPoWriMo Day 24 (departure from prompt) Torrential rains the past weekend Went on and on and on, And those in Durban Easter spend Were better early gone. On Monday … Continue reading →

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Loving Like Cat and Dog

Posted on April 23, 2019 by colonialist

GloPoWriMo Day 23 Prompt is as follows: “And now for our daily prompt (optional, as always)! I’d like to challenge you today to write a poem about an animal.” For dogs to co-exist, the cat Will lay down some conditions, … Continue reading →

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