NaPoWriMo 2020 – Day 25 – “Seeds of Unending Love” by David Ellis – A Found Poem Inspired by “The Book of the Dead” by Muriel Rukeyser

Hey there everyone. I’m participating in NaPoWriMo 2020, if you aren’t following the NaPoWriMo website already then go check it out at www.napowrimo.net. Today I have used a very moving and quite tragic poem as the inspiration for my found inspirational/romantic poem. To me it is very interesting to explore if I can take the subject…

NaPoWriMo 2020 – Day 24 – “A Friend We Feel in the World” by David Ellis – A Found Poem Inspired by “My Heart and I” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Hey there everyone. I’m participating in NaPoWriMo 2020, if you aren’t following the NaPoWriMo website already then go check it out at www.napowrimo.net. For today’s poem, I have picked a gorgeous little poem for my inspiration written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. You can read the lyrics to her poem below. Read “My Heart and I” by…

NaPoWriMo 2020 – Day 23 – “There is Always a Piece of Light” by David Ellis – A Found Poem Inspired by “Diving into the Wreck ” by Adrienne Rich

Hey there everyone. I’m participating in NaPoWriMo 2020, if you aren’t following the NaPoWriMo website already then go check it out at www.napowrimo.net. Today, I have selected an intriguing poem as my inspiration, written by Adrienne Rich, you can read more about her life story here. You can also read the lyrics to her poem below.…

NaPoWriMo 2020 – Day 22 – “Drunk of Paradise” by David Ellis – A Found Poem Inspired by “Kubla Khan” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Hey there everyone. I’m participating in NaPoWriMo 2020, if you aren’t following the NaPoWriMo website already then go check it out at www.napowrimo.net. Today I have used a very well know poem from an astoundingly talented poet who I admire enormously as my inspiration. You can read the poem that inspired my piece here, if you…

NaPoWriMo 2020 – Day 21 – “A Tireless, Twinkling Wish” by David Ellis – A Found Poem Inspired by “Poetry” by Marianne Moore

Hey there everyone. I’m participating in NaPoWriMo 2020, if you aren’t following the NaPoWriMo website already then go check it out at www.napowrimo.net. Today I have decided to use a quirky, insightful little poem called “Poetry” by Marianne Moore as the basis of my inspiration for my own poem. You can read the lyrics to Marianne’s…

Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 173 #SynonymsOnly #Haiku #Prose #Micropoetry “Wines of the Moment” – A Found #Haibun Poem by David Ellis

Hello there everyone. I’ve been writing poetry again and had a go at joining in the fun over at Colleen Chesebro’s website for her “Colleen’s 2020 Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge”. Tonight, I have written a Haibun poem. This is a poem that combines prose and includes a haiku at the end. I’m also going…

Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 171, #SpecificForm #Micropoetry #CinquainPoetry “It’s Only Turning” by David Ellis – A Found Triple #Tetractys Poem

Hello there everyone. I’ve been writing poetry again and had a go at joining in the fun over at Colleen Chesebro’s website for her “Colleen’s 2020 Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge”. Tonight I have written a Triple Tetractys poem, which is a variation on the Cinquain poetry style. I’m also making this a found poem…

Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 170, #ThemePrompt #Micropoetry #Prose #TankaProse “Fire Still Flutters There” – A Found Tanka Prose Poem by David Ellis

Hello there everyone. I’ve been writing poetry again and had a go at joining in the fun over at Colleen Chesebro’s website for her “Colleen’s 2020 Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge”. Tonight, I have written a Tanka Prose poem. This is a poem that combines prose and includes a Tanka poem at the end. I’m…

Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 168 #Haibun #Micropoetry #Poetry “Sound in the Wind That Will Not Silence a Dream” – A Found Haibun by David Ellis

Hello there everyone. I’ve been writing poetry again and had a go at joining in the fun over at Colleen Chesebro’s website for her “Colleen’s 2020 Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge”. Tonight, I have written a Haibun poem. This is a poem that combines prose and includes a haiku at the end. I’m also going…