April is National Poetry Month! The idea is to write 30 poems in 30 days. On NaPoWritMo.net, you’ll find a daily challenge for the month. I don’t follow their challenges, but I try to write a poem a day. Here’s today’s challenge:
“…It’s a Spanish form called a “glosa” – literally a poem that glosses, or explains, or in some way responds to another poem. The idea is to take a quatrain from a poem that you like, and then write a four-stanza poem that explains or responds to each line of the quatrain, with each of the quatrain’s four lines in turn forming the last line of each stanza. Traditionally, each stanza has ten lines, but don’t feel obligated to hold yourself to that! Here’s a nice summary of the glosa form to help you get started.”
NaPoWritMo.net
cold rain coats frosty roofs icy glazed city streets mirror stop light's cherry-red glow mizzle obscures spring's fight to win over winter a battle to the end gray clouds hang low dawn breaks Colleen M. Chesebro
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Your captures this time of year for us in northern states very well!
your captures is indeed beautiful.
Thanks so much. It’s cold! ❄️🥶
Nicely captured, Colleen. We had cold rain and grey clouds today–with sunshine in-between the periods of rain. Crazy weather!
I’m doing a poetry month ekphrastic challenge.
I looked for it but couldn’t find it! 🤦🏼♀️
You looked for what? My ekphrastic challenge poems?
The challenge itself. I got interrupted and then forgot to go back and look again. 🤣
It’s from Paul Brookes. A group of us signed up in advance and get the images from him, but people do respond as they’re posted. I’m posting mine each day, too, with a link to his post. (If that doesn’t make sense, just look at my posts. )😀
Mizzle – a fun word. Stay dry. We had some mizzle and drizzle today too!
I did take in some purple Hyacinths in today. Three are enough – they have a powerful sent!
Ohhh nice! They sound heavenly. 🌸
The ‘sky’ fell trough most of last night – I hope it wasn’t snow in your area!! It really is nice to finally see bits of maple leaves unfurl. 😀
You have embraced the world of poetry with such passion. Your work reflects this energy, beautifully!
Aww, Sis. Thank you. I love all this poetry stuff. 💖
As Merril noted, spring keeps changing its mind here too! But the birds are back, no matter the weather. (K)
Cold and wet? No, thank you! Your poem is beautiful and makes me very happy I live in South Florida. Lol! Good luck on writing 30 poems in 30 days. It technically sounds easier than NaNoWriMo, but I know what goes into writing a poem, so it truly can be a challenge. 🙂
Good luck with the month’s poetic challenges, Colleen. Love this response. So apt for right now! 💕🙂
Thanks, Harmony. It’s just fun to write poetry as often as we can. 💖
You’ve inspired me to join the month’s challenge, Colleen. Thank you 💕🙂💕
Yay! Go Harmony. I can’t make every day, but I love that April (my birth month) is poetry month. LOL! <3
That couldn’t be more perfect, lols 💖
Right? It’s like a month long birthday present. LOL! <3
All the best, Colleen. Yay.
And that glosa challenge was fun. Just sayin’ 😉
Too cool, Selma. I’ve got too much going on to jump in every day, but you should do it. <3
This is just too cool Colleen 💜💜💜💜
Well, I didn’t follow their form, I used a Butterfly Cinquain, but I think I got the winter and spring battle down. LOL! Now, do you see why I say Michigan reminds me of England. LOL! 😀
Yes indeed I do 💕💕