POETRY FOR 30 DAYS IN APRIL DAY 16

Project Details

Hello friend, I am Timothy Kimo Brien, head instigator at Create Art Podcast where we help you to tame the inner critic and create more than we consume. Every year in April National Poetry Writing Month occurs, this is a challenge to write 30 poems in 30 days and comes from the NaPoWriMo site. When you participate you are given a prompt every day for 30 days and you can choose to follow the prompt or not. Each prompt has a commentary with it and a style of poetry that you may not be familiar with. I enjoy it because it stretches my creative muscles and helps me organize my thoughts. I also really enjoy a good challenge. There is also an opportunity to read other people's work as they post on their websites and for you to comment on their work, giving them encouragement or offering a suggestion. Care to join me on this journey?

Day 16 Prompt

Because it’s Friday, today I’d like you to relax with the rather silly form called Skeltonic, or tumbling, verse. In this form, there’s no specific number of syllables per line, but each line should be short, and should aim to have two or three stressed syllables. And the lines should rhyme. You just rhyme the same sound until you get tired of it, and then move on to another sound. Here’s a short example I came up with.

Skeltonic verse is a fun way to get some words on the page without racking your brains for deep meaning. It’s a form that lends itself particularly well to poems for children, satirical verse, and just plain nonsense.

Day 16 Poem

Open Mic Nights

I don’t want to start a fight

On my nephews open mic night

But when I stand on the stage

I can’t help but feel the rage

When the others flip through their phones

Searching through their tomes

And talk through another’s speech

It truly makes me want to screech

Respect the fucking mic

It the mantra of the night

My fists start to get tight

And I know its not right

But when someone spills their guts on the floor

Shut your mouth is what I implore

Listening to the words I adore

The dullards are such a bore

Inspiration is our reluctant whore

And your side conversations make me snore

So disturb me not quote the poet nevermore

Reaching Out

To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and lets start that conversation.