Last day of the bank holiday so lets get right into it!
Official Prompt:
I challenge you to write a sea shanty (or shantey, or chanty, or chantey — there’s a good deal of disagreement regarding the spelling!) Anyway, these are poems in the forms of songs, strongly rhymed and rhythmic, that sailors might sing while hauling on ropes and performing other sea-going labors. Probably the two most famous sea shanties (at least before TikTok gave us The Wellerman) are What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor? and Blow the Man Down. And what should your poem be about? Well, I suppose it could be about anything, although some nautical phrases tossed into the chorus would be good for keeping the sea in your shanty. Haul away, boys, haul away!
My Prompt:
Here’s a slightly different one. Go grab a book. It can be one of your favourites or something that just happens to be close to you. Open the book to a random page and take three separate lines from it. Now, write a new piece that includes those lines.
Lucky Dip:
Blue
Monday 10 April 2023
Napowrimo Day 10
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