April PAD Challenge and NaPoWriMo Prompts 2024 Day 4 and Day 5
A Post Swarming With Writing Prompts and Cicadas
Hello, poetry people! It seems to be working out for me to publish a double post every other day. I can't guarantee this format will stick, but let's roll with it for now.
https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2024-april-pad-challenge-day-4
Today's April PAD Challenge prompt asked participants to pen a mistake poem.
https://www.napowrimo.net/day-four-12/
Meanwhile, the NaPoWriMo prompt suggested poets take inspiration from The Strangest Things In The World, a book that shares brief descriptions of oddities.
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67223/pg67223-images.html
"Well, what the heck am I supposed to do with this?" I wondered while marveling at the weird wonders presented in the tome.
Then it came to me like a flash--like a vision! I just wrote it down. I can't share the poem here, but I will reveal the epic title.
My Most Magnificent Monody For My Many Favorite Mistakes.
It's a poem all about love and what it shouldn't feel like. If it feels like what I describe in these verses, it ain't love, it's limerence, and that's not good.
And now, on to Day 5.
Apparently, QuickWrite can't render old women, but the dog is cute, and the tulip is purty.
I'm an old woman, but I'll do you the favor of not sharing pictures of me, seeing as they would break your computer monitor. Then you'd be mad at me.
And now, on with the show!
https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2024-april-pad-challenge-day-5
The April PAD Challenge prompt asks participants to create a Tell (Blank) poem.
https://www.napowrimo.net/day-five-11/
The NaPoWriMo prompt asks us to take inspiration from the poem The Blessing of the Old Woman, The Tulip, and the Dog.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53677/the-blessing-of-the-old-woman-the-tulip-and-the-dog
I needed one more element to kickstart my imagination, so I added...
Cicadas???
https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2024/04/05/cicadas-are-coming/
Okay, sure, why not?
The linked post contains all sorts of nifty information about the periodical life cycle of cicadas. I have to admit, at first I thought cicadas hadn't been seen in certain areas since 1913. That's a very long nap or gestation period or whatever.
I hope you gather poetic inspiration from this post. If you do, please be sure to visit the linked blogs and let them know!
If you are inspired by the tremendous forthcoming swarm of cicadas, I suggest letting them know. Perhaps if we pay sufficient tribute to their mighty splendor, they will spare us.
~Ornery Owl Has Spoken~
Image by Erik Karits from Pixabay
I couldn't find any pictures of owls and cicadas, so here's an owl and a glowing butterfly or moth.