Our last 2013 NPM poet is college undergrad Cameron MacDonald.
I Could Drown You
I could drown you //
with each word dribbling //
from the leaky faucet in the basement bathroom. //
You’d be the glass jar [...]
Poetry
I Could Drown You
Poetry
the white witch’s heart, spelling out eternity
By Shirley Kuo
the white witch’s heart
there is plaster peeling //
off from her pale skin, dusty //
circles where she used to be //
touched. her spine is crumbling, frail [...]
Poetry
NPM Poetry Prompts: 4
What are you waiting for?
(22) Write about a change, a transformation, a decision, a new beginning in a haiku.
(23) Start a poem with a line from something technical or scientific.
Poetry
NPM Poetry Prompts: 3
It’s not too late! Come to the party!
15) Write a response to something you have read (a cereal box, a children’s book, a note posted on a telephone pole). Address your poem to the person who sent the message.
(16) Hide something in a poem. You can actually hide a word or idea—or write about the act of hiding something.
Poetry
NPM Poetry Prompts: 2
The second installment of our NPM poem-a-day series! Get writing! Get posting!
(8) Give advice: start—Beware of
(9) Go someplace and eavesdrop. Listen to the voices you hear for a good line or two. [...]
Poetry
Synesthesia, Perfect You
By Nisha Sharma
Synesthesia
There is a drop of lily oil //
in the vile containing my thoughts //
that make up a cakey layer //
spread over the inside of my cranial shell. [...]
Poetry
National Poetry Month is Underway!
Even if you live in the northeast like many YARN editors, where spring still seems painfully far off (if TS Elliot were to write “The Waste Land” these days, surely MARCH would be the cruelest month), there is good news on the horizon: National Poetry Month is in April, and is thus right around the corner!
YARN’s NPM 2013 will include: Sarah Tregay, poems by teens and adults, plus fun prompts an surprises for YOU!
Poetry
beat up by a girl, old photo albums, this is breaking it
To kick of NPM, here is a trio of poems by sixteen year old high school junior Mo Fowler.
beat up by a girl
“I still think about you!” //
He shouts off a cliff of //
Self-doubt, [...]
Poetry
NPM Poetry Prompts: 1
We want you to Tumbl, Tweet, and/or Facebook your poems in response to these prompts. Like our successful summer Blockbuster-Free Reading Exchange, the prompts are meant to get you thinking in fun, communal ways about writing!
Click here for Week 1 of 2013′s Poetry Prompts.
Poetry
Wet Socks, Ode to the Pen, What Poetry Doesn’t Know
By Wheeler School junior Rebecca Greenberg
The air is humid and cold and saturates the trees, //
Drapes our shoulders, //
Rests over the sky like a glass lens. [...]
Poetry
Piñata, The Consolation of Clouds, and A Tougher Crust
In a recurring dream, //
I turn in circles, //
a red cloth blocking my eyes. //
There is a stick in my hand, //
and a treasure filled with candy //
dangles just above my head. [...]
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