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  • “James, John, and Davy Jones’s Locker” (Narrative Poem Challenge #3)

    Yvonne

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    I had to take a break from the narrative poems for a while. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to meet my goal in April. I started working on a third narrative poem right after I finished the second one. But, I had to scrap that one and ended up with “James, John, and Davy Jones’s Locker”… Read more

  • “Orphaned Rosary” (Narrative Poem Challenge #2)

    Yvonne

    This is my second attempt at a narrative poem this month. Honestly, I like “Orphaned Rosary” better than “The Violence of a Kiss.” Hopefully, that means I’m getting at least a little better at writing these. I’m still not satisfied with the way it came out, but I’ve done the best I can right now.… Read more

  • “The Violence of a Kiss” (Narrative Poem Challenge #1)

    Yvonne

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    I decided to challenge myself this year for National Poetry month. Normally, I try to do a freewrite each day for the month of April. But, this year I wanted to focus on narrative poems specifically. I also wanted to post the poems in order to encourage consistency and a higher level of effort. When… Read more

  • 30-Day Writing Challenge November 2025

    Yvonne

    For the month of November, I decided to do a 30-day writing challenge. Every so often, I like to challenge myself to do a freewrite every day for 30 days straight. It may not seem like much of a challenge, but there are times where I struggle to fulfill the requirements. Writing consistently was the… Read more

  • Top 10 Juniper First Drafts That Have Changed

    Yvonne

    Compiling this top 10 Juniper first drafts list took a while. I only wanted to focus on the poems that have changed the most from start to finish. From that list, I then ranked my top 10 favorites. I don’t think I would have been able to rank the final drafts. That would be like… Read more

  • Juniper Playlist

    Yvonne

    I want to dedicate an entire post to my Juniper playlist. I find a lot of inspiration in songs, which makes sense, since music and poetry go hand in hand. This isn’t a complete playlist. I listened to a lot of songs while writing Juniper, but I wanted to include some of the ones that… Read more

  • Poetic Elements in the Song “Imaginary” by Evanescence

    Yvonne

    So, for my first post I thought it would be fun to identify different poetic elements that I found in the song “Imaginary” by Evanescence. I have to admit that I was geeking out when I started to notice how poetic this song is. There are so many examples of poetic elements and I love… Read more