NaPoWriMo 2026 Discussion Thread

[Pik]

I posted two poems so far but still need to write the tanka one. It's probably procrastination along with the need to wait for the right time to consult the analytical side of my brain.
I like the atmosphere in Pittsylvania County, few more stanzas and it would have been a short story.

 

[Tallyfire]

April 3rd:

In his poem, “Treasure Hunt,” Prabodh Parikh brings us a refreshingly different view of what being a poet is like – that is, if you grew up on the cultural notion of poets being wan and ethereal, or ill and doomed. Parikh’s boisterous pirate of a poet might be an “unreliable” character, but seems like he’d be the life of any party, and quite satisfied with his existence. Today, we challenge you to write a poem in which a profession or vocation is described differently than it typically is considered to be. Perhaps your poem will feature a very relaxed brain surgeon, or a farmer that hates vegetables. Or maybe you have a poetical alter-ego of your own, who flies a non-wan, treasure-hunting flag with pride.

 

[Tallyfire]

I posted two poems so far but still need to write the tanka one. It's probably procrastination along with the need to wait for the right time to consult the analytical side of my brain.

Are you writing in your own language and translating or in English? I'm enjoying your poems so far

 

[Pik]

Are you writing in your own language and translating or in English? I'm enjoying your poems so far

Thank you, likewise. In English, no time to translate. I learned English for many years so I don't think I'm horrible at it but it can be a challenge for non-native speakers to be precise or subtle in a foreign language.

 

[Pik]

I wrote a tanka as poem number 3 because I already mentioned the today's prompt regarding profession in previous one (in few words but still).

 

[Riddley Walker]

@Woof - "Too Much" is a double etheree. Cool.

 

[Pik]

Your letter in the form of epic poem is great, specific, detailed and amusing to read. I did wonder if it's prose or poetry but there's rhythm to it that made me conclude it's written by a poet.

 

[Tallyfire]

Thank you, likewise. In English, no time to translate. I learned English for many years so I don't think I'm horrible at it but it can be a challenge for non-native speakers to be precise or subtle in a foreign language.

I wouldn't know it's not your native tongue from reading!

 

[Pik]

I wouldn't know it's not your native tongue from reading!

They say the devil's in the details. My English is not bad but my attempts to learn other languages (e.g. German or French) were not that successful. These days I'm trying to learn Spanish.

 

[Riddley Walker]

@defaux -the middle stanza of "Voice" is a pretty good poem all on it's own. We tend to overwrite at the beginning and the end.

 

[Riddley Walker]

@audrey- I know who the bomb god is. He spouts scripture like sword & shield but he's no Sun Tzu. Neither is his master.

 

[Woof]

@audrey- I know who the bomb god is. He spouts scripture like sword & shield but he's no Sun Tzu. Neither is his master.

Scary thing is it could be so many more people too.

@audreyhowitt I dig* the sense of time shift in it between then and now, but also then and then again and all the sadly plausible futures too.

*I wanted to say 'love' but the accuracy and the real world events terrify me and it seems inappropriate to say somehow but then 'dig' is weird but it's all my tiring brain could come up with instead.

I've spent a lot of time today chasing through old files searching for a particular line I wrote, a feeling of a moment, that I remember but not if I ever used it or even developed it and I can't find it anywhere. I have 15 years of notes, all prose and poetry mixed up, that desperately need organising this summer.

@Tallyfire I love an etheree and the waves of shape it can make. I found some triolets and a rispetto I did a while ago in other years that I found I really liked on rereading so I might try both forms again this month if I can make them work.

 

[audreyhowitt]

@audrey- I know who the bomb god is. He spouts scripture like sword & shield but he's no Sun Tzu. Neither is his master.

The reference was pretty brazenly there I think--I just found this discussion thread --cool to have a place to chat--

 

[audreyhowitt]

Scary thing is it could be so many more people too.

@audreyhowitt I dig* the sense of time shift in it between then and now, but also then and then again and all the sadly plausible futures too.

*I wanted to say 'love' but the accuracy and the real world events terrify me and it seems inappropriate to say somehow but then 'dig' is weird but it's all my tiring brain could come up with instead.

I've spent a lot of time today chasing through old files searching for a particular line I wrote, a feeling of a moment, that I remember but not if I ever used it or even developed it and I can't find it anywhere. I have 15 years of notes, all prose and poetry mixed up, that desperately need organising this summer.

@Tallyfire I love an etheree and the waves of shape it can make. I found some triolets and a rispetto I did a while ago in other years that I found I really liked on rereading so I might try both forms again this month if I can make them work.

I think writing helps the terror--at least it does for me--I hate it when I can't find references or notes--and it happens all the time--I used to keep them separately in another file from the one I keep my drafts in--now I keep them all together --it isn't a great system either--hope you find what you are looking for--