Rush hour traffic for raindrops.
The universe’s roar of disapproval.
That last guest left at a party who doesn’t realize the party is over.
Words that called out for company.
A bird searching for an answer.
A small pond that has died and gone to heaven
A single kernel.
A small scuffle.
A man with limited vision.
A relationship that barely passes for love.
Fate coinciding with a wish.
A storeroom for rain.
For NaPoWriMo 2023 Today’s prompt asks you to:
*pick 5-10 words from the following list :
owl generator fog river clove miracle cyclops oyster mercurial seaweed gutter artillery salt elusive thunder ghost acorn cheese longing cowbird truffle quahog song
*then to write out a question for each word selected and for each question, to write a one-line answer.
What is a river? Rush hour traffic for raindrops.
What is thunder? The universe’s roar of disapproval.
What is a ghost? That last guest left at a party who doesn’t realize the party is over.
What is a song? Words that called out for company.
What is an owl? A bird searching for an answer.
What is fog? A small pond that has died and gone to heaven.
What is a cyclops? A man with limited vision.
What is a miracle? Fate coinciding with a wish.
What is a gutter? A storeroom for rain.
What is a truffle? A small scuffle.
What is acorn? A single kernel. (A group of corns is called an ear.)
What is longing? Precognitive achievement.
What is artillery? Digging in an attempt to find buried Pre-Columbian statues.
What is a quahog? A new breed of hybrid animal half duck and half pig.
What is an oyster? A Jewish Grandpa.
What is clove? A relationship that barely passes for love.
What is mercurial? A doctor who specializes in treating the maladies of mythological sea beings.
*After you’ve written out your series of questions and answers, place all the answers, without the questions, on a new page. See if you can make a poem of just the answers. You may find that what you have is very beautifully mysterious, and somehow has its own logic.
This is thee most exquisite fun I’ve had in… forever! (Excluding our lunches… perhaps.)
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So when shall we have another one?
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I love your answers. You’ve always been the clever sister.
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I’m sure I’ve wrung a plethora of answers from thee as well over the years!!!
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Here is my submission to this interesting and unique prompt.
https://theinkwelljourney.blogspot.com/2023/04/napowrimo-day-2-2023.html
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This was one of the strangest of prompts, I thought, in the 11 years I’ve been doing NaPoWriMo.
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Nice one. 🙂
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Brilliantly written Judy.
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I didn’t quite get that it could be a different question for each phrase or word given…
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I’ve read a few poems in response and everyone has done it differently
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This one is fun and oh! the answers so clever and then the poem that comes at the end. What a great exercise and resulting delight for the second day of NPM. Look forward to more contributions during the month.
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“A stormroom for rain.” is a gem!
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