CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

There's a reason every entry to these challenges has a Streak notification with a number beside it, and that's because, while I don't want to fail, I acknowledge the possibility that I will. Yesterday, I made the mistake of knowing I had my booster shot in the afternoon, and not getting to that day's poem beforehand . Why a mistake? Because these shots hit me hard, and while I'm not totally crippled, today, I had to go sleep, yesterday, and would have written garbled nonsense. I suppose I could have passed it off as a nonsense poem, but I didn't want to bank it would be good enough for that. Nonsense poems are very hard to write. I'll have your new Streak 2, Day 1 poem extract ready by the end of the day, and you can read it, tomorrow. The Flash Fiction streak continues, because that I did get done before the Poetry Challenge 2022       Streak 1: 17 Days   End Streak 1 - Day 17 at 19 poems   Start Streak 2      

Chickens like parties...and, apparently, hats...

To celebrate this month's release of Another 365 Days of Poetry which released on the 4th. Links to the collection can be found at: https://books2read.com/u/bo2Y0a .   Starship Evacuation   Written as an example of a Crapsey Type 2 cinquain, for A Year of Writing Poetry , I’ve assigned this to the May 20th entry of Another 365 Days of Poetry .   Starships glisten silver, highlighted in the red of a warning dawn, the forecast gloomy.     Cover art is by Jake at JCaleb Design, and links to 366 Days of Poetry can be found on Books2Read at: https://books2read.com/u/bo2Y0a.  

As promised, here are the entries from Days 11-17 of the 2022 Poetry Challenge. It's Day 18 as I prepare this, so there will be another multiple-extract entry, shortly. In the meantime, however: Poetry Challenge 2022 Streak 1: 17 Days Poem 11 - 51 words First 10% (rounded down)   Day 11 ----------------------------- Midnight neath the rising   sun, ... -----------------------------   Poem 12 - 25 words First 10% (rounded down)   Day 12 ----------------------------- Wish upon... ----------------------------- Poem 13 - 91 words First 10% (rounded down)   Day 13 ----------------------------- Lioma sang the stars down She sang the skies ----------------------------- Poem 14 - 63 words First 10% (rounded down)   Day 14 ----------------------------- Dancing on a winter’s night   the... ----------------------------- Poem 15 - 43 words First 10% (rounded down)   Day 15 ----------------------------- Sea serpents entwined, writhing -...