Day 1:
Write a poem which asks all the questions to which you urgently need answers.
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Day 2:
Write a poem which names what is enough for you.
Day 3:
Write ap oem which is really a recipe
Day 4:
Write a poem about everything you’d like to say no to.
Day 5:
Write a poem about everything you’d like to say yes to.
the sharpness of theses at two a.m.
Day 6:
Write the poem that you need to hear/have written for you.
An Appeal To Emotion, Reason and Time
Day 7:
Write a poem inspired by a work at the National Gallery Singapore
Transformation, After Josef Ng
Day 8:
Write a pantun
Day 9:
In today’s poem, mention at least one celestial body in the solar system.
Celestial Bodies: A poem of 9 lovers
Day 10:
Write a kural
For sale: two baby
shoes, never worn. (lmao)
Day 11:
What month were you born in the Muslim calendar? Write a poem based on the literal meaning of this month. (e.g. Muharram=forbidden)
What day of the week were you born? Incorporate the corresponding element, based on the Japanese calendar. (e.g. Tuesday=fire)
Day 12:
Write a nucleus poem / নিউক্লিয়াস কবিতা.
The nucleus poem is a form of poetry invented by SingPoWriMo participant S Rahman Liton, a Bangladeshi poet, journalist and construction worker based in Singapore. Though created for use in Bengali poetry, examples have been written in English, Tagalog, Bahasa Indonesia and Tamil.
The structure of the nucleus poem is inspired by the number of electrons in the subshells of an atom:
First line: 2 syllables
Second line: 8 syllables
Third line: 18 syllables
Fourth line: 1 to 32 syllables
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Day 13:
Do one of the following:
– Write a poem about chocolate that does not mention chocolate, or:
– Write a poem about coffee that does not mention coffee.
Day 14:
Write a poem in Singlish.
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Day 15:
Write a poem on markets
Day 16
Write a poem from the East
Day 17:
Write a poem about your favourite bus route
DAY 19: WILD THING PROMPT
1. Choose a wild animal found in Singapore (i.e. a real animal, and not an animal that’s only found in a zoo, pet shop or restaurant. Ideally one that still exists in Singapore, but it could be an extinct animal as well)
2. Read up on its natural habitat, mythology, lifespan, diet, breeding habits, behaviour and/or how it has adapted to life among humans.
3. Observe the animal in real life, if you can, or watch a video about it. Observe how it moves, its texture, its face, its habits.
4. Write a poem about the animal. Animals can include mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects, spiders, snails, crabs, lobsters, corals, starfish, etc. Use at least one of the bonuses below
Getting to Know The Great Gallus Gallus
Day 20
The Botanist Prompt
Ah, the bird’s nest fern.
Always in the gaps of trees.
Nature’s pubic hair.
Day 21
You wake up to find yourself in a Singaporean movie (any movie made by a Singaporean filmmaker and/or set in Singapore and/or whatever you decide makes a Singaporean movie). You are stuck in the movie’s universe. Which part of the movie are you in? How did you end up there? Are you yourself there or one of the characters? Do you decide to stay there? How do you get out? YOU DECIDE!
Watching Ah Boys To Men Is A Rite Of Passage
Day 22
Write a poem about your first crush.
Crushed Letter
Day 23
1. Leave your house*. Take with you a pen/pencil and paper/notebook, and a watch.
Go somewhere public. It doesn’t matter where. It could be the street/corridor outside your home, a busy road, a void deck, a park, a mall, a hawker centre, an overhead bridge, a beach, a car park, or you could be sitting in an MRT train or station, a bus stop. It could be a crowded place, or not. Just be safe. Try not to go somewhere that will get you arrested or injured.
2. Stand or sit still (again, make sure it is somewhere safe and not in the middle of traffic)
3. Turn off your phone and put it away.
Write down everything you see, hear, feel and smell for five minutes (or approximately five minutes if you don’t have a watch).
4. If anything you see/hear/smell makes you think about something else, write that down as well (WORD ASSOCIATION FTW).
5. Feel free to go beyond five minutes.
6. Turn your notes into a poem.
The Study Of The Wrong Things #1
The Study Of The Wrong Things #2
The Study Of The Wrong Things #3
Day 24
Write a poem about a place in Singapore that no longer exists.
Places could include: parks, any kind of buildings, libraries, malls, schools, restaurants, hawker centres, fast food chains/outlets, cemeteries, playgrounds, farms, sports complexes, mines, fields, forests, swamps, creeks, reservoirs, beaches, roads, shops, aquariums, tourist attractions, theme parks, cinemas, ponds, offices, and so on….
Zouk
day 25
Compose a faithless translation. Interpret ‘faithless’ and ‘translation’ how you will. The only requirements are that there must be an actual source text(s) rendered into another language(s), and that you post both source and target.
Anything can be
a faithless translation for
today. Amazing
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Ground Control to My Fellow Aliens Lend Me Your Transmitters
day 26
Write a poem about someone who died
First Date Night In Years Off Tinder
Day 27
Write a poem that begins in a coffeeshop and ends in some kind of silence.
Kopi Diem
Day 28 – the Window Prompt
Smile
Your tongue watches from behind shutter-teeth,
every serif of hatred’s font. Suspend your beliefs:
watch from afar, words glazed with poison. How
you are helpless but to swallow. How you are.
Day 29 – the Historical Prompt
Day 30 – the Email prompt
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