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April 2020 Poetry Month

Poem #30: new year's eve
Prompt: Write a poem to the memories that were never captured but you remember clearly
by Ayaskala
Poem #29: For You
Prompt: Write a poem that you can keep as a reminder to continue writing
by Ayaskala
Poem #28: Dear Me,
Prompt: Write a love poem to yourself
​by Ayaskala
Poem #27: question: why poems? answer:
Prompt: Write a poem as a response to another poem you read
​by Ayaskala
I wrote in response to Ars Poetica by José Olivarez
Poem #26: Breaking the Silence
Prompt : Write a sonnet
by Ayaskala
Poem #25: an ode to my water bottle
Prompt: Write an ode to an object / element of nature
by Ayaskala
Poem #24: My Inner Child & I
Prompt: Write a poem that beings with 'I will meet you again' (line borrowed from Amrita Pritam)
by Ayaskala
Poem #23: friday night open mic
Prompt: The feeling of entering a new friendship or bond
by Ayaskala
Poem #22: a book charmer
Prompt: Write a poem describing the feeling of being lost between the pages of a book or being lost in the depths of a great movie plot
by Ayaskaka
Poem #21: Imagination without Borders
Prompt: Connecting across borders
by Ayaskala
Poem #20: The Birth of a Constellation
Prompt: Write a couplet on revolution
by Ayaskala
Poem #19: At the Park
Prompt: Write a poem with a rhyming scheme.
by Ayaskala
Poem #18: Lauren Olamina
Prompt: You met your fictional character today.
by Ayaskala
Poem #17: a spider's dream
Prompt: Write a haiku. Haiku is a short form of Japanese poetry in three unrhymed lines of five, seven and five syllables.
by Ayaskala
Poem #16: Seasons Shift
Prompt: Write a poem about your favorite season in your favorite city.
by Ayaskala
Poem #15: how to decide when to leave
Prompt: How to decide when to pack for a day and when for a lifetime?
by Ayaskala
Poem #14: A Bad Poem
Prompt: Write a bad poem in 10 lines.
by Ayaskala
Poem #13: Loving a Tree
Prompt: The Greeks had 7 different words for 'Love': Eros, Philia, Ludus, Storge, Philautia, Pragma, Agape. Write a love poem describing any of these 7 forms of love, combine some, or even all of them.
​by Ayaskala
Poem #12: A Search for Identity, A Search for Words
Prompt: Invent a new word. What do you want it to mean? Write a poem describing the word or its usage.
by Ayaskala
my word: rootxpansive
Poem #11: "Dancing Wild"
Prompt: Describe your life using only the titles of your favorite songs.
by Ayaskala
I used the titles of Rihanna's songs
Poem #10: "Stainless Steel"
Prompt: Write a Poem on 'Yes'
​by Ayaskala
Poem #9: "Ways to be a Flower"
Prompt: Write a list poem
by Ayaskala
Poem #8: "a whole cup"
Prompt: The difference between broken things and broken people
​by Ayaskala
Poem #7: "for who?"
Prompt: Freedom
by Ayaskala
Poem #6: "a poem"
Prompt: Define 'a poem' in 10 lines
by Ayaskala.
Poem #5: "flights"
Prompt: Travel anxiety
​by Ayaskala
Poem #4: "they said she wouldn't survive" - a micro poem
Prompt: Write a poem of 2 and a half lines.
by Ayaskala
Poem #3: "the rainbow's outer stripe" - a color poem
Prompt: Describe a color without actually naming the color.
​by Ayaskala
Poem #2: "i am yours" - a love poem from my body
Prompt: If your body could speak to you, what would it say?
by Ayaskala 
Poem #1: "I Hate Paying Rent"
Prompt: take the first & last lines of a poem, fill your words in between.
​by Ayaskala
Poem used: Lady Lazarus by Sylvia Plath
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