You can find today's NaPoWriMo prompt here, but basically I had to choose one word out of a list of ten words to use as the title for my poem. I chose the word incandescent. My poem is a haiku.
Incandescent
By Candace Shultz
At the end of day
when the sun's incandescence
disappears, I sleep
Sunrise
By Candace Shultz
The sun rises up
Vibrant colors in the sky
A greeting from God
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April 17 is International Haiku Poetry Day, so I wanted to share a haiku I wrote today.
I wrote a second poem today! This one just came to me after I wrote my triolet. This poem has four stanzas, and each stanza is a haiku.
A Halo of Light
By Candace Shultz
The darkness has come
There's no star, no moon, no light
I can't find my way
A glimmer of hope
A shooting star and a wish
My hand reaches high
Your hands hold on tight
A feeling of joy and peace
A halo of light
The sun has risen
It shines and radiates love
And fills me with life
The prompt today for NaPoWriMo challenged me to anthropomorphize a food in my poem, so I decided to write a haiku from the point of view of an apple.
I am beautiful.
I am round and clothed in red.
Treat me like a queen.
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I am so excited! My poem from yesterday, "There's a Mouse Inside My House," was featured on NaPoWriMo.net today! I had a lot of fun writing that poem, especially using the Skeltonic verse. I feel so honored and grateful to be a featured poet.
Now, for today's prompt we are to write a poem involving the moon. Today is also National Haiku Poetry Day, so I decided to write a haiku involving the moon.
Sleep
The new moon beckons.
My eyes drift closed in full dark.
Sleep invites me in.
Today's NaPoWriMo prompt is to write poetry in the form of a to-do list of an unusual character/person. I decided to try the to-do list form, but I opted out of using an unusual character.
Writing eludes me.
Or is it the other way?
I escape writing.
An orange flower
Shows beauty when opening
Its petals of wild.
When the sun dips down,
the night sky glistens with stars
and a cool breeze blows.
A butterfly flits
across the field and lands on
a tall blade of grass
