Sunday, April 3 - Meditation on a Sunday

Think for a minute about Sunday.  How is Sunday different from other days of the week?

Write a poem about a particular day of the week.

Write a meditative (deeply thinking) poem.  Here's an example:

Be still in the world wherever you are,

listen to life’s lullaby;

the heartbeat, the breathing, the giving, receiving,

the sun and the moon and the star.

They all shine true through the essence of you,

a beacon of boundless light;

the father, the mother, the sister, the brother,

all are within you tonight.

Let the flow of the seas, the lilt of the breeze,

the rush and the calm of all time

carry your dreams along rivers and streams

and let you be still where you are.

©Charles Ghigna

April 2 - Food for thought

Today, try to write a poem that either:

Has a food as the title
Is related to something you LOVE to eat OR something you HATE to eat
Describes a familiar food without directly stating  what that food is.
Focuses on the texture of a food or a number of different foods.

April is National Poetry Month

In observance of National Poetry Month, join writers around the world and participate in the 30/30 Challenge.  Write 30 poems in 30 days.  Long poems, short poems, structured poems, shape poems, all kinds of poems!  There will be "tips to try" for each day of the Challenge, as well as examples both famous and obscure.

For more information, see http://www.napowrimo.net/

April 1 is April Fool's Day, so try a poem that is about a fool (think circus clowns, court jesters or maybe "fools for love")

Write a humorous poem, perhaps a limerick.

If you want to start small, REALLY small, write a series of 6-word memoirs.
For example:

"Six words:  So much left unsaid." 
"My words were simply not enough."
"Everything, in just six words? Impossible."

Choose your best piece and enter it in the comments section and when I get a chance to read it, I'll share it publicly.  Please submit using only your name and last initial or simply your initials.