NaPoWriMo 2026 Discussion Thread

[Woof]

I see what you mean . Those read a bit like listening to Night Vale, like trying to populate a strange little village tableau, especially the second one. I tried to get a cinquain chain going last year that had significantly more fluidity to it. I've participated in haiku ones before too that use last lines to link a string together. It's maybe not so traditional but I like it.

 

[Tallyfire]

April 23rd:

And speaking of forms, today’s (optional) prompt takes its inspiration from Kiki Petrosino’s loose villanelle, “Nursery.” Try your hand today at your own take on a villanelle, and have the poem end on a question.

 

[Pik]

"Our life is different now we’ve drunk the tea"
I'm drinking my third coffee this morning (not too strong though), drinking more tea sounds like a decent plan.

 

[Tallyfire]

I tried to get a cinquain chain going last year that had significantly more fluidity to it.

It reads really nicely. I'd like to pick that up once NaPoWriMo is over.

 

[Tallyfire]

April 24th:

In her poem, “The Flying Nightdress,” Mandakranta Sen describes something fantastical and strange that occurs while the rest of the world is asleep. The imagery of the poem is dreamlike, but the situation it describes is otherwise presented quite straightforwardly. Today, we challenge you to write your own poem that takes place at night, and describes something magical or strange that happens but that no one is awake (or around) to notice.

 

[Tallyfire]

I really liked the villanelle poem yesterday but can't get anything coherent together when I try it (even using the form more loosely). It feels like putting a puzzle together.

 

[Woof]

I really liked the villanelle poem yesterday but can't get anything coherent together when I try it (even using the form more loosely). It feels like putting a puzzle together.

I'm struggling with it too. I think, I hope, the key is to come up with a rhyming couplet first that will be the conclusion, the last two lines. The message in that will set the tone/structure for the rest of the poem. And make it an easy rhyme with lots of words to choose from It's a big ask for one day though.