Category Archives: Poetry

Spinning Fish

Posted on 2nd November 2026 by NomadWarMachine

Spinning fish flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Today’s TDC says Look at this fish, spinning and spinning. Write a poem about the fish – bonus points for putting it to music. Spinning … Continue reading →

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Silent Sunday

Posted on 1st November 2026 by NomadWarMachine

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Acrostic Poems

Posted on 31st October 2026 by NomadWarMachine

Sarah flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Today’s TDC says Arguments rage in poetry circles about the merits of the Acrostic Poem (where the letters of the name of something, written vertical, form … Continue reading →

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Snobby Nursery Rhymes

Posted on 27th October 2026 by NomadWarMachine

Today’s TDC says Read a nursery rhyme aloud in a bad snobby accent. Now, last week when we were out for a drink a pal told me I always sound posh, so here’s a nursery rhyme in my own acccent … Continue reading →

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Pavement Talk

Posted on 25th October 2026 by NomadWarMachine

Pavement chalk flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Today’s TDC says Imagine your sidewalk could talk — what would it say, in the form of a small poem or prose? I wrote a … Continue reading →

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Iquitos

Posted on 24th October 2026 by NomadWarMachine

Iquitos flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Today’s TDC says: Research how a specific location has changed over time using historical photos online. One such tool is Google’s Timelapse Google Earth Engine. Write … Continue reading →

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Haikomic

Posted on 23rd October 2026 by NomadWarMachine

Haikomic flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Today’s TDC says Comic creator Grant Snider has long used comics for expression and he periodically goes through periods where he turns his poetry into comics. … Continue reading →

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If The River Could Speak

Posted on 21st October 2026 by NomadWarMachine

UofG Tower from the bridge over the Kelvin flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Today’s TDC says One of the options on the Write Out 2026 Choice Board is a prompt to consider … Continue reading →

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A Wish for Your Place

Posted on 20th October 2026 by NomadWarMachine

A wish for my place flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Today’s TDC  says Today is the National Day on Writing. Today, make a wish for your place. This activity is taken from … Continue reading →

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Observational Haiku

Posted on 18th October 2026 by NomadWarMachine

291/365 Frost flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Today’s TDC says Take a moment to observe nature and write a haiku inspired by your experience. Here’s mine Frost on the garden Like icing … Continue reading →

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