Five petals open like a hand—
the iris speaks in silence,
a messenger of hope rooted in grief,
blooming between worlds.
NaPoWriMo Day 18 — Aria for the Boy I Buried
Some poetry demans a stage, the actor’s exiting and reappearing to shed light upon the story, Once more with feeling as Buffy the Vampire would say. Today’s NaPoWriMo challenge pulled inspiration from dramatic, rhymed narrative poems like The Best Loved Poems of the American People, …
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NaPoWriMo Day 17 – Answering the Captain
A professor becomes the Captain—guiding, challenging, and awakening a voice that dares to rise, long after the classroom fades.
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NaPoWriMo Day 16 — What the Ocean Told Me
The waves don’t ask forgiveness, don’t wait for your pain—
they just keep rolling, steady and wild again…
NaPoWriMo Day 15: A Meditation on Love’s Quiet Persistence
Today’s poem explores love not as a grand declaration, but as the gentle, persistent presence in our daily lives—unseen, unspoken, yet deeply felt. Inspired by K. Siva Reddy’s reflective style, it invites us to consider love’s quiet acts and the slow, beautiful unfolding that sustains us all.
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NaPoWriMo Day 14: Where Poetry Meets the Machine
Today’s prompt invites us to bridge poetry and technology, where ancient themes meet modern textures: love as a read receipt, grief as an undeleted voicemail, memory as something stored but rarely revisited. Poetry has always strengthened with us, and today’s piece leans into that tension—where …
Read More NaPoWriMo Day 12 – Memories that remain
Today’s prompt pulls us into memory—the kind that feels cinematic when we look back on it. Between Kavya Janani U’s striking blackout poem and the reflections on (mis)translation by Yuki Tanaka, there’s a clear thread today: how the smallest choices—what we remove, what we keep, …
Read More NaPoWriMo Day 11-Blackout / Erasure Poem
Today’s prompt explores erasure (blackout) poetry—taking an existing text and shaping something new from it. It’s part discovery, part destruction, and all about uncovering what lies beneath the surface. If you’ve never tried it, this is a great place to start—just grab a page from …
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NaPoWriMo Day 10 – What the Wind Leaves Behind
For Day 10 of NaPoWriMo, I worked within the structure inspired by Geoffrey Brock’s poem “Goodbye,” using three short stanzas as a container for grief. The middle stanza centers on a repeated question—each answer shifting slightly, revealing different facets of loss, survival, and memory. I …
Read More NaPoWriMo Day 9 – The Maple Speaks
Today’s prompt draws inspiration from Marianne Moore, a distinctive voice in modern poetry known not only for her style, but for her fascination with the natural world. Many of her poems step into the lives of animals or closely observe them—works like The Fish, The …
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