Monday, April 6, 2026

NaPoWriMo - April, 2026 - Poem: Among the Lungs

NaPoWriMo 2026

04/06/26 - Day 6 of 30

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NaPoWriMo Prompt

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.


My Poem

Among the Lungs


If I sound like a fish out of water

It's only because I've just flown

From the coolest of clear waters

That make up my ancestral home


To this coastline of pebbles and scree

This hostile and alien debris, you see


I'm standing here chatting with

Two-legged creatures, not fish,

Wishing for all I was worth

To go back to my piscine hearth


Wipe off that grin and throw me back in!

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