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NAPOWRIMO25 #18: you only listen to the mountain goats and i only listen to you
#prompt: write a poem that recounts an experience of driving or riding in a car and singing. also incorporate a song lyric#i am so brain busted today so i cheated and wrote a tanka#this poem gets a prize for having the longest title imaginable. something that is also almost def cheating in a tanka#''did this ever happen'' oh you know#the song lyric is (i hope obviously) the last line#napowrimo#napowrimo 2025#glopowrimo#poetry on tumblr#poems on tumblr#poets on tumblr#spilled ink#writeblr#tanka#tanka poetry#tanka poem#the mountain goats#damien.txt#image description in alt
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NAPOWRIMO25 #17: stay for dinner (if not forever)
LEFT: Character, Remedios Varo (1961).
RIGHT: Sidhe, the White People of Tuatha dé Danann, Leonora Carrington (1954).
#prompt: write a poem themed around friendship with imagery / other ideas taken from#a painting by Remedios Varo and a painting by Leonora Carrington. bc they were friends.#i keep writing the pieces i actually like so close to the fucking deadline and then no one sees them lmao. oh well#i'm not sure abt the ending to this one - it feels a lil weak - but i have to get this up in the next ten minutes so it is what it is#i put the two paintings below the cut for those who are curious! (they don't have alt text rn but i'll do it tomorrow. sorry for delay.)#spilled ink#napowrimo#napowrimo 2025#glopowrimo#writeblr#poetry on tumblr#poets on tumblr#poems on tumblr#poetry#poem#friendship poem#friendship poetry#damien.txt#image description in alt#(mostly)
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NAPOWRIMO25 #16: sudden oak death
#prompt: write a poem imposing a song onto a place. describe the interaction btwn the place and song using plant references#and try to incorporate a quotation / piece of overheard language.#i uh. idk if this is really following the prompt bc it's not imposing a specific song. moreso turning a moment into a melody.#and also it's not so much about the place altho yes it is. and the plant is more about the place than the music.#well whatever it's what i wrote. take it or don't. i like it i think.#''do you want to talk about it'' no i do not.#napowrimo#napowrimo 2025#glopo#spilled ink#writeblr#poetry on tumblr#poets on tumblr#poems on tumblr#poetry#poem#poems#damien.txt#image description in alt
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NAPOWRIMO25 #15: They say this too shall pass.
#prompt: write a 6 line poem informed by repetition + simple language + expressing enthusiasm.#give it a sermon/prayer-like quality and have it end with a bang.#i struggled to incorporate all of these things. i do not feel enthusiastic abt much lately lmao.#but i do feel certain that the greyness i am experiencing will not be forever. and that is something to look forward to.#spilled ink#poetry#poets on tumblr#poetry on tumblr#napowrimo#napowrimo 2025#glopowrimo#poems on tumblr#writeblr#poem#writers on tumblr#writing on tumblr#national poetry month#damien.txt#image description in alt
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NAPOWRIMO25 #14: concrete jungle
#prompt: write a poem describing a place in terms of its flora/fauna/natural phenomena. sink into the sound + use a conversational tone.#incorporate slant rhymes and try not to mention birds/birdsong.#i did mention a bird. oops. in my defence owls are not birds they are actually like brothers to me#anyway this is a poem about central park after. idk. the rapture?#but if the rapture was actually just the rest of nyc sinking into the atlantic ocean.#idk if this is a conversational tone but also idk how to have a conversation so that's on me#napowrimo#napowrimo 2025#glopowrimo#national poetry month#spilled ink#writeblr#poetry on tumblr#poems on tumblr#poets on tumblr#poetry#poems#poem#damien.txt#image description in alt
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NAPOWRIMO25 #13: synonyms for thoughts and prayers
#off prompt today. feeling frustrated with the limitations of words. will get back on track tomorrow.#i'd like to try today's prompt another time. seems like a cool form.#napowrimo#napowrimo 2025#national poetry month#glopowrimo#spilled ink#writeblr#poetry on tumblr#poets on tumblr#poems on tumblr#poetry#poem#poems#damien.txt#image description in alt
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NAPOWRIMO25 #12: THE OPENING OF THE MOUTH
#prompt: write a poem making reference to one or more myths ft. wordplay (inc. rhyme); a mix of formal + informal language#and multiple sections that play with a theme. also try to incorporate an abstract concept.#so this is VERY LOOSELY based on the very first bit of the osiris myth. namely the part where set murks him.#the sections are LOOSELY based on various stages of the mummification process (osiris ofc being the first one to undergo said process)#and it's basically set grappling with the resentment of being The Evil Half of a dichotomy and the strange grief of losing your brother--#when you're the one who killed him.#cannot emphasise enough how much this bears almost no resemblance to the myth or to anything rly. was just having fun. gd bless.#i don't know shit about shit. my egyptology phase was damn near 20 years ago. most of this is prolly wrong.#you can't be mad at me abt that bc i'm telling you upfront. also bc i wrote this for me. but you can all look at it.#napowrimo#napowrimo 2025#glopowrimo#spilled ink#writeblr#poetry on tumblr#poets on tumblr#poems on tumblr#poetry#poem#poems#ekphrastic poem#ekphrastic poetry#damien.txt#image description in alt
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NAPOWRIMO25 #11: hope v. fear
#prompt: write a poem incorporating song lyrics as opposing phrases / refrains.#the example was a villanelle that didn't rhyme so i decided to go with a more classical villanelle.#lyrics are from orville peck's song let me drown and are (i hope obviously) the lines ''i know there's good things that're coming your way'#(which i changed to 'hope' for my purposes here) and ''but as i get older i get more afraid''#i'm not super pleased with this one but i never like my villanelles. when i do rhyming poetry i struggle so bad to incorporate imagery lol.#anyway if you think you know what this poem is about no you fucking don't. that's our thinly veiled and frankly poorly kept secret.#''damien you literally made the title sound like a legal case'' okay well fuck you alternate title incoming#alternate title: ''who the hell is murphy's lawyer i'd like to have a word with him''#spilled ink#poetry#poems#poetry on tumblr#poets on tumblr#napowrimo#napowrimo 2025#glopowrimo#writeblr#poems on tumblr#damien.txt#image description in alt
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NAPOWRIMO25 #10: Missed Connection [Mosaic4M]
#prompt: write a poem using alliteration and punning. work in a reference to a word you have trouble spelling +#one you can never perfectly remember the meaning of.#i struggle to spell ouroboric / ouroboros every time and i always feel like i'm using ''augury / auguries'' wrong#this is a reworking of something i did a while ago but wasn't happy with based on the world's most glitched out craigstlist post#that was clearly just written by a machine scraping a bunch of other posts and regurgitating their exact text frankensteined into one post#i found it very ominous but also kind of moving in a i-lack-a-core-identity kind of way. me too little craigslist spambot. me too.#anyway the original post was called something like ''vixen seeks excitement and romance'' which is why this is the way it is#not sure i'm happy with it still but it's been a rough day. we're getting somewhere with it i guess.#napowrimo 2025#napowrimo#glopowrimo#national poetry month#spilled ink#writeblr#poetry on tumblr#poets on tumblr#poems on tumblr#poetry#poem#bpd poetry#damien.txt#image description in alt
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NAPOWRIMO25 #9: corpse-whale
#prompt: write a poem of your own using rhyme but without adhering to specific line lengths. reference a specific sound.#(prompt was also inspired by hillyer's poem Fog. the resource for the day was the peabody-essex museum--#who currently have an exhibit on narwhals.)#so here is a poem about a narwhal who doesn't migrate in time bc of climate change and suffocates due to what is called sea-ice entrapment#i learned so much about narwhals today. i wanted this poem to be better. i wrote down so many narwhal facts#unfortunately i ran out of time bc i am a busy bitch so this is what there is. maybe i will come back to it later to try and fix it up a bi#not sure abt this rhyme scheme either tbh but it is what it is#side note did you know that ‘narwhal’ comes from the old Norse for ‘corpse whale’? prolly cos they’re grey and mottled? how fucked up lmao#poetry#poem#poems#poetry on tumblr#poems on tumblr#napowrimo#napowrimo 2025#glopowrimo#poets on tumblr#spilled ink#writeblr#damien.txt#image description in alt
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NAPOWRIMO25 #8: good old love
#prompt: write a ghazal that takes the form of a love song.#idk if this is a love song but it is a love poem at the very least.#i don't mean to have written so many of these this month but today it was literally unavoidable. forgive me.#napowrimo#napowrimo 2025#glopowrimo#spilled ink#writeblr#love poetry#love poem#love poems#love poetry on tumblr#love poems on tumblr#queer poetry on tumblr#queer poems#queer poetry#t4t poetry#ghazal#spilled poetry#damien.txt#img desc in alt text
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NAPOWRIMO25 #7: loven't
#off-prompt today.#the prompt was to write a self-portrait poem explaining why you weren't a particular piece of art#and i was kiiiiiinda inspired by that insofar is. this is a poem about love that describes love by what it isn't.#it's been a long day. brain hurt. this is what i have to give.#i'll get back on track with prompts tomorrow.#napowrimo 2025#napowrimo#glopowrimo#spilled ink#writeblr#poetry#poem#poetry on tumblr#poets on tumblr#poems on tumblr#love poem#love poetry#love poetry on tumblr#love poems on tumblr#damien.txt#img desc in alt text
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NAPOWRIMO25 #6: watermelon
#prompt: pick a number from 1-10. using the provided chart use the corresponding row's words to write a poem--#describing the taste of column a using the words from columns b and c.#my number was 7 which meant i had to describe watermelon using 'mocking' and 'splash'. only kinda used mocking but whatever#i kind of like this one even tho it was rly last minute. got caught up studying today.#napowrimo#napowrimo 2025#glopowrimo#poetry#poem#poems on tumblr#poetry on tumblr#summer poetry#summer poem#writeblr#spilled ink#poets on tumblr#damien.txt#image description in alt
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NAPOWRIMO25 #5: (play like the joy is gone)
#prompt: write a poem using one of the provided threatening music notations + genres as inspiration#and at least one word from the provided list in the piece.#my chosen notation was 'like the joy is gone' + genre was waltz + words were 'roses' 'bones' and 'snow'.#since i picked waltz i decided to write in iambic tetrameter to try and mimic the 3/4 timing. this is abt a failed marriage i guess#alpha couple 2. they want another one#i also picked this rhyme scheme to try and emulate the rotation of the dance. abab bcbc cdcd dada. idk if it worked but that was the hope#anyway maybe one day i'll write a rhyming poem that i like. not today though. i would love to post something else today#but i'm abt to go out for the evening so this is what's going up! pain and suffering etc etc#napowrimo#napowrimo 2025#glopowrimo#poetry#poem#poetry on tumblr#poems on tumblr#poets on tumblr#spilled ink#writeblr#damien.txt#image description in alt
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NAPOWRIMO25 #4: embroidery
#prompt: write a poem about living with a piece of art.#napowrimo 2025#napowrimo#glopowrimo#poetry#poem#poetry on tumblr#poets on tumblr#spilled ink#writing on tumblr#writers on tumblr#writeblr#damien.txt#image description in alt
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NAPOWRIMO25 #3: poetry, not portraits
#prompt: write a poem explaining why you are a poet instead of some other kind of artist.#not much to say abt this one. i think it speaks more or less for itself.#napowrimo#napowrimo 2025#love poetry#love poem#love poems#love poetry on tumblr#love poems on tumblr#poetry#poetry on tumblr#spilled ink#queer poets on tumblr#poems#poems on tumblr#damien.txt#image description in alt
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NAPOWRIMO25 #2: we shall be monsters
#prompt: poem directly addressing someone that includes a made up word + odd/unusual simile + statement of ''fact'' + an anachronism#so this is a poem written to frankenstein's monster. made up word = boltbitten. anachronism is the baby name books.#hopefully everything else is somewhat self-explanatory.#we've been reading gods and monsters in my queer lit class for the past week or two so this guy's been on my mind.#i love you The Creature as a metaphor for queerness/transness. i love you queer and trans monstrosity.#napowrimo 2025#napowrimo#poetry on tumblr#poets on tumblr#poetry#poem#queer poetry#trans poetry#queer poetry on tumblr#trans poetry on tumblr#queer poets on tumblr#trans poets on tumblr#frankenstein#frankenstein's monster#ekphrastic poetry#damien.txt#image description in alt
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