Line 1 is a short phrase or image. Line 2 is another short phrase or image using the same first word as line 1. Lines 3 and 4 starts with the same word used as the last word of line 2. Then, lines 5 and 6 use the last word of line 4. This pattern is followed until line 48. Line 49 uses the last word in 48. Line 50 begins with the last word in line 47. The title is three words long. The title format is the first word of line 3, a preposition or conjunction, and the first word of 47. You can’t use any punctuation. Luckily, these poems don’t need to rhyme. This poetic adventure will either be a lot of fun or leave me frustrated. I almost made it, but I came down with COVID. This poem I will call Unavoidable For NaNoWriMo . It’s the first piece of writing I did for almost a month.
Unavoidable For NaNoWriMo
Failure is an unpleasant option
Failure is sometimes unavoidable
Unavoidable consequence of life
Unavoidable result of creativity
Creativity put on hold
Creativity squandered
Squandered because of weakness
Squandered because of lack of strength
Strength that lasted 305 days
Strength deflated by a wasting disease
Disease I’m tired of whining about
Disease that has gone away
Away to pester another host
Away to maybe revisit
Revisit me some other day
Revisit with its deadly breath
Breath of destruction
Breath of unreached goals
Goals of one post a day for a year
Goals of exploring poetry
Poetry to calm my soul
Poetry to heal my troubled heart
Heart of a writer tossed about
Heart of a muse who didn’t work out
Out on my front yard carrying a picket sign
Out of the creative inspiration business
Business cards left in my mailbox
Business left by Words Daddy
Word Daddy the touchy muse
Word Daddy doesn’t like a quitter
Quitter that succumbed to disease
Quitter who can’t get back in touch
Touch of creativity would be nice
Touch of the muse and his unsolicited advice
Advice that tended to drive me crazy
Advice that was always a little shady
Shady suggestions
Shady tricks
Tricks to create rhymes
Tricks sounding poetic sometimes
Sometimes when he got around to being helpful
Sometimes when he managed to be slick
Slick with the turn of a phrase
Slick with a metaphor or simile
Simile to make me smile
Simile to make me sound clever
Clever for Word Daddy to strike now
Cleaver to picked days before NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo a November challenge
NaNoWriMo 50,000 words I’d like to win
Win
Challenge
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