NaPoWriMo 2016 – Leonas Lines

April 2016, Haiga, Haiku, NaPoWriMo 2016

The Flowers

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Leonas Lines

tulip field--french--Haiku — Original Poetry and Photograph by Leona J. Atkinson ©2016

#NaPoWriMo–Day 30–Prompt: Find a poem (or other text) in a language you don’t know, and then “translate” it based on the look or sound of the words.

I did know some French word meanings so that helped me write my Haiku

based on what I saw in the last line of this French poem that was titled:
“Suite” (from Le Dit des couleurs, 2003)

This is the French poem
les fleurs viennent
de l’envers de l’île
et y retournent

This is its English translation

the flowers come
from the island’s underside
and go back there

April 2016, NaPoWriMo 2016, Shadorma

I Remember

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Leonas Lines

Shadorma poem about remembering — Original Poetry and Photograph by Leona J. Atkinson ©2016

#NaPoWriMo–Day 29–Prompt: write a poem based on things you remember

April 2016, NaPoWriMo 2016, Shadorma

Now and Then

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Leonas Lines

Shadorma about present and past — Original Poetry and Photograph by Leona J. Atkinson ©2016

#NaPoWriMo–Day 28–Prompt: write a poem that tells a story.
But here’s the twist – the story should be told backwards.

Mine might be a bit off prompt—but it’s the best I could do as being a forward thinking person I am not good at writing backwards. 🙂

April 2016, Long Lines Poetry, NaPoWriMo 2016

Long Lines

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Leonas Lines

#NaPoWriMo–Day 27–write a poem using very long lines

My version of Long Line Poetry is 19 lines–each line alternating with 19 and 17 syllables

April 2016, NaPoWriMo 2016, Sea Shanty

Sunday Service At Sea

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Leonas Lines

Sea Shantie (or Chantie) about a Sunday Church Service at Sea — Original Poetry and Photograph by Leona J. Atkinson ©2016

#NaPoWriMo–Day 26–Prompt: a challenge to write a poem that incorporates a call and response. Calls-and-responses are used in many sermons and hymns (and also in sea chanties (or shanties)!), in which the preacher or singer asks a question or makes an exclamation, and the audience responds with a specific, pre-determined response. (Think: Can I get an amen?, to which the response is AMEN!.). You might think of the response as a sort of refrain or chorus that comes up repeatedly, while the call can vary slightly each time it is used.
I wrote a Sea Shantie (or Chantie) in which I imagined what a Sunday Service at sea would be like conducted by a fiery Spirit-filled preacher aboard a ship filled with sailors. 🙂

April 2016, NaPoWriMo 2016, Triolet