#napowrimo #poetry
And now, to put theory in our practice, here’s our optional prompt! This one takes its inspiration from Yentl van Stokkum’s poem, “It’s the Warmest Summer on Record Babe,” which blends casual, almost blasé phrasing with surreal events like getting advice from a bumblebee. In your poem today, try writing with a breezy, conversational tone, while including at least one thing that could only happen in a dream.
Happy writing!
ANDALUCÍAN MARE - A TRIOLET
I try to live in the here and now
but often I wonder which now it is.
Are there parallel universes? But wow,
I try to live in the here and now.
Although the question furrows my brow.
What is time, what is space, but a quiz?
I try to live in the here and now,
but often I wonder which now it is.
An Andalucían mare whispers to me
not to worry of such scientific things.
That I should just open my eyes and see,
an Andalucían mare whispers to me.
But horse whisperers - how can that be?
Yet her whispers are a song that sings,
an Andalucían mare whispers to me
not to worry of such scientific things.
So I exchange science for poetic words
where imagination is allowed to run riot.
Fire and passion are my watchwords,
so I exchange science for poetic words.
Maybe horse whispering is for the birds?
But as a poet, who am I to deny it?
So I exchange science for poetic words
where imagination is allowed to run riot.
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
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