Napowrimo: here’s today’s totally optional prompt! The  ghazal  (pronounced kind of like “huzzle,” with a particularly husky “h” at the begi...

Napowrimo: Here’s our prompt for the day – as always, optional. A few days ago, we looked at Frank O’Hara’s poem in which he explained why ...

Napowrimo Day Six: Today’s prompt (optional, as always) veers slightly away from our ekphrastic theme. To get started, pick a number between...

  today’s (optional) prompt is inspired by musical notation, and particularly those little italicized –and often Italian – instructions you’...