Category: pad challenge

National Poetry Month and Other Shenanigans

Okay, April is a crazy month for me. Oh boy I am a busy bee….I have a full publishing slate.

(Mar 31 The key of the Storm , Apr 7 Internal Battlefields, Apr 14 Valley of Thoughts, Apr 21 State of Mind )

I always do the PAD Challenge myself. Plus I host a PAD challenge on the Fae Corps Blog

So I have scheduled a Poem A Day on here just in case I don’t get to do any other blogging. No commentary…just poetry by wonderful poets whom I enjoy. I hope to be able to post my own poetry throughout the month and maybe do some of my regular posts as well. I do not know.

I will be trying to be popping in and trying to discuss things as I can, but I at least wanted to keep my blog active while I am so busy.

Poetry is for every day

So for the last month I have been posting a poem at least daily. That was due to the fact that during November and April I tend to do the poem a day writing challenge. When I first started to do the challenges I struggled with the daily writing. I don’t struggle as much anymore. I am going to have to think about how to do the challenge in April to be a actual challenge.

However, that being said I want to point out that the poetry I posted was not the only poetry out there. Poetry is an enjoyable all of the time. And there is an incredible amount of poets out there. All social media sites have hashtags. Look for #poetryisnotdead or #poetrylovers. You won’t regret it.

Pad day 19

Today the prompt was Myth of (blank).

Running Late

Photo by Claudia Schmalz on Pexels.com

Okay so I am going to do a Poem today…but between the book release and dealing with the minutiae of last minute details for that…and the physical replacement of my porch I do not know if I will get it up here. I meant to have it done by now…but as the title suggests. I am running behind on what I needed to do. So I thought instead I would let you know I have been uploading (And trying to get organized) my poetry images on Pinterest. It is a work still in progress as there are limits to keep spam down on the site. So enjoy!

Btw the prompt today was to write a funny poem…I am struggling. my humor is often dark and off color…

Pad day 17

Today the prompt was to write a risk poem.

Pad day 16

Today the prompt was to write a panel poem. He gave all sorts of suggestions for what a panel is…but I am an old comic nerd….so I saw panel and thought comics.

Pad day 15

Today the prompt was a 2 for Tuesday. It was thought or thoughtless. Since I felt like I needed to put more thought into the thought end of it… I went, as I often do, with the thoughtless idea.

Pad day 14

Today the prompt was (blank) story. I chose to do My Story.

PAD Day 13

Today the prompt was late…as in at almost 10 it is still not up. I chose to use a prompt I already had – Ghosted.

Pad day 12

The prompt today did not inspire ( it was to write a future poem)… however I was stuck in a loop dream last night. So I used that. Pad challenge prompts are not a binding contract of you must write about this… they are just ideas that are to inspire the creative process. I post one myself to the Fae Corps Publishing Blog every day in November and in April. I personally use the Writer’s Digest version- see my previous Pad day posts for that link. Or I search Tumblr for poetry prompts. Inspiration is always out there if you are willing to look for it.