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NaPoWriMo Inspiration #30

NaPoWriMo Inspiration #29

From “The Digging of Deep Wells” by J. Hugh MacDonald: The lower he goes, the harder the falling pebbles hit, the deeper the darkness.

NaPoWriMo Inspiration #28

NaPoWriMo Inspiration #27

NaPoWriMo Inspiration #26

Read “How Odd Men Are, Really” by George Bowering.

NaPoWriMo Inspiration #25

Read “Southern Light” by Rickey Laurentiis.

NaPoWriMo Fail

I’ve not been as dedicated to NaPoWriMo this year as I was last year, and as a result I’ve written, so far, ten haiku and five poems (one of which was very very long, but still). It’s day 24 and I don’t think I can write nine poems today to catch up, so I’m admitting [...]

NaPoWriMo Inspiration #24

From “thirsty” by Dionne Brand: This city is beauty unbreakable and amorous as eyelids

NaPoWriMo Inspiration #23

NaPoWriMo Inspiration #22

From “Bees’ Wings” by George Elliott Clarke: Now, Othello, famed guitarist, heated By rain-clear rum, voices transparent notes Of sad, anonymous heroes who hooked Mackerel and slept in love-pried-open thighs And gave out booze in vain crusades to end Twenty centuries of Christianity.