How are you doing with the NaPoWriMo challenge (writing 30 poems in 30 days)? Are you behind? The weekend can be a great time to catch up. Today’s prompt should help take the pressure off.
- Do some free writing on a topic that’s been interesting you. Highlight phrases that you like. Write a poem.
So often, we put pressure on ourselves as poets to write the “perfect poem” or to put down only the best words. This exercise should free you up to write without that pressure. It can also be a great way to work out a topic that may be difficult to write about.
If you’d like, share your resulting poem. Please do not paste the poem in the comments, but rather post it elsewhere (such as a blog or Facebook) and share the link.
Please note: Poems posted in the comments are not considered published on Wild Violet.
About Alyce Wilson
Alyce Wilson is the editor of Wild Violet and in her copious spare time writes humor, non-fiction, fiction and poetry and infrequently keeps an online journal. Her first chapbook, Picturebook of the Martyrs; her e-book/pamphlet, Stay Out of the Bin! An Editor's Tips on Getting Published in Lit Mags ; her book of essays and columns, The Art of Life; her humorous nonfiction ebook, Dedicated Idiocy: How Monty Python Fandom Changed My Life, and her newest poetry collection, Owning the Ghosts, can all be ordered from her Web site, AlyceWilson.com. In late 2019, she published a volume of poetry by her third great-grandfather, Reading's Physician Poet: Poems by Dr. James Meredith Mathews, which also contains genealogical information about the Mathews family. She lives with her husband and son in the Philadelphia area and takes far too many photos of her handsome, creative son, nicknamed Kung Fu Panda.
