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A Return
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write a poem about something that returns.) [Just like last year, I got behind at the end. No matter, it is...
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andrew jeter
- Apr 29, 2020
- 2 min
They'll Do.
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write a paean to the stalwart hero of your household: your pet. Sing high your praises and tell the tale of...
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andrew jeter
- Apr 27, 2020
- 1 min
The Chorus
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write a poem in the form of a review. But not a review of a book or a movie of a restaurant. Instead, I...
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andrew jeter
- Apr 25, 2020
- 1 min
Shopping List at The End
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: Because it’s a Saturday, I have an (optional) prompt for you that takes a little time to work through —...
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andrew jeter
- Apr 24, 2020
- 1 min
An orange splits open
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write about a particular fruit – your choice.) [To be honest, I wasn't looking forward to this still life...
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andrew jeter
- Apr 21, 2020
- 1 min
Together In This
When the sandhill cranes struggle up into their mighty V, the gust and flap of wings becomes a unison call—honk, honk honk! I am here!...
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andrew jeter
- Apr 19, 2020
- 2 min
I Decided to Read the News Today
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write a poem based on a “walking archive.” What’s that? Well, it’s when you go on a walk and gather up...
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andrew jeter
- Apr 18, 2020
- 1 min
Fo(u)r Haiku
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write an ode to life’s small pleasures. Perhaps it’s the first sip of your morning coffee. Or finding some...
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andrew jeter
- Apr 17, 2020
- 1 min
Jumping Rope
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write a poem that features forgotten technology.)[I have a lot of students who know what those things are and...
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andrew jeter
- Apr 16, 2020
- 1 min
Seeing the World in Blues, Purples, and Greens
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write a poem of over-the-top compliments.)[I was so not feeling this prompt. It mentions the Cole Porter song...
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andrew jeter
- Apr 15, 2020
- 1 min
Spring Along a River
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write a poem inspired by your favorite kind of music.)[So, two things: 1) a friend asked me the other day...
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andrew jeter
- Apr 14, 2020
- 4 min
What I See
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write a poem that deals with the poems, poets, and other people who inspired you to write poems.) [This was...
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andrew jeter
- Apr 13, 2020
- 1 min
Again Tomorrow
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write a non-apology for the things you’ve stolen.) I suppose I’m sorry I took them from your soft, pink lips,...
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andrew jeter
- Apr 11, 2020
- 1 min
Narcissus Reminds
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write a poem in which one or more flowers take on specific meanings.) Before the daisy or rudbeckia announce...
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andrew jeter
- Apr 10, 2020
- 1 min
The Hay(na)ku, for what it's worth...
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: This is another one from the archives, first suggested to us by long-time Na/GloPoWriMo participant Vince...
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andrew jeter
- Apr 8, 2020
- 2 min
After All
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: to peruse the work of one or more of these twitter bots, and use a line or two, or a phrase or even a word...
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andrew jeter
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
April 7, 2020
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: [write] a poem based on a news article.)[No.] On the south side of my property is a red flag dangling from a...
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andrew jeter
- Apr 6, 2020
- 1 min
Ipse dixit
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write [an ekphrastic] poem from the point of view of one person/animal/thing from Hieronymous Bosch’s famous...
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andrew jeter
- Apr 5, 2020
- 1 min
I stagger
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: [write a poem following the] “Twenty Little Poetry Projects.” The challenge is to use/do all of the following...
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andrew jeter
- Apr 4, 2020
- 1 min
And In the Morning
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write a poem based on an image from a dream. We don’t always remember our dreams, but images or ideas from...
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