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Day 3: Today’s prompt (optional as always), is inspired by our interview with Peter Davis. As he indicates there, his latest book is rooted in endlessly writing ideas for band names. Today, we challenge you to try this out yourself by writing a list poem in which all the items are made-up names. If band names don’t inspire, how about a list of titles for romantic novels? Or new television cop dramas? They can be as over-the-top as you like, because that’s (at least) half the fun. Happy writing!

Musical Band List!

Music is like air,
Makes me alive in a span,
Food to my soul are,
The list of bands I listen…

Spicing up life with “Spice Girls”,
Venting out heart with “Backstreet Boys”,
Dreams of a fancy-trip with “Westlife”,
Did you know, “Michale Learns To Rock”, 😉 😛

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Day 18 – Optional prompt. Today, I challenge you to write a poem that incorporates neologisms. What’s that? Well, it’s a made-up word! Your neologisms could be portmanteaus (basically, a word made from combining two existing words, like “motel” coming from “motor” and “hotel”) or they could be words invented entirely for their sound. Probably the most famous example of a poem incorporating neologisms is Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky, but neologisms don’t have to be funny or used in the service of humor. You can use them to try to get at something that you don’t have an exact word for, or to create a sense of sound and rhythm, or simply to make the poem feel strange and unworldly.

Rockabilly!

In the club,
I see a mimsy*,
Is that your frenemy*?

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