With today's 'NaPoWriMo 2013' prompt being a sea shanty I couldn't help but try to write a version relating to household chores. I don't claim to be the first to have this idea and I'm sure I won't be the last, but it is all I have in me today, as for the verses, they …
Poetry Writing Challenge #2
Today's NaPoWriMo prompt is 'that of a poem that tells a lie'. I often ponder about truth: truth in history, truth in media etc. After all every story is only the writer's version of the truth. When seen from another's perspective every story has its own truths, which maybe fact or fiction. But as I …
Poetry Writing Challenge #1
A friend of mine has taken part in several writing challenges over the last couple of years and I have often thought that the discipline of writing something every day would be a good way for me to get back in writing mode. While I've never considered that I had any desire to write poetry, …
