NaHaiWriMo Part 2. Feb. 8 to 28 2015
Prompts and My Responses:
8- NATIVE – 2-8-2015 A week of adjectives.
rhapsody
these native rainbow colors
that drip into spring
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9- NUCLEAR – 2-9-2015
the thick sound
of pond peepers gone nuclear
my twisted night
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10- NOVEL – 2-10-2015 (as an adjective not a noun)
novel spring
these frozen red maple leaves
in tart berry jam
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11- NORTHWEST
mapping the sunset
near the northwest cornerstone
I place an X
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12- NUMERIC
the numeric value
of St. Valentine’s Day
his hand in hers
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13- NEWFANGLED
exercise
this newfangled fitbit blinking
with each pot I scrub
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14- NEUTER
winter clouds
the light on my paintbrush
this neuter sky
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15- NEST (A week of nouns)
fallen nest
after the windstorm
eggs over easy
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16- NICKEL
nickel plated sky
I learn to paint midday
winter sunlight
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17- NOSEBLEED
grandmother’s spaghettini
we stop horsing around at dinner
nosebleed
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18- NEON
all the new neon acrylic colors
I become a night painter
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19- NUANCE
nuance
the space between blue sky
and the universe
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20- NOTEBOOK
notebook pages
the snow between fence posts
a new entry
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21- NEWLYWED
newlywed
all these solar panels
and the new roof
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22- NUDGE This starts the week of verbs.
a little nudge
with each powder snow step
the sunrise
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23- NAME or NICKNAME
the sound of a chickadee
each time in the spoken name
winter
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24- NAG
this constant nag nag
over the black black cat
the Japanese white eye
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25- NAVIGATE
this morning
to navigate the cold star field
green tea and ginger
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26- NARROW
my narrow walk
the width of a snow shovel
to the mailbox today
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27- NOMINATE
no-snow day
again this year I nominate
the end of February
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28- NEGLECT
I neglect the fire
tempting spring to arrive
early
