CaPoWriMo 2.30

Write a free poem (about anything you want, no rules). If you have started to enjoy the rule-bound creative push, then write a poem about freedom.

CaPoWriMo 2.29

Write a poem intended as a birthday gift to someone you love.

CaPoWriMo 2.28

Write a poem about a place you have visited as a tourist.

CaPoWriMo 2.27

Write a 20-line poem

CaPoWriMo 2.26

Write a 6-line poem.

CaPoWriMo 2.25

Write a poem as an apology letter to your 18-year-old self.

CaPoWriMo 2.24

Shut your eyes and count till ten. Allow a face to drift into your mind. Write a poem about that face.

CaPoWriMo 2.23

Write a poem about a mythical figure. You are free to draw upon ancient Indian, Greek, Tibetan or any other mythologies you have access to.

CaPoWriMo 2.22

Write a poem inspired by a a sign / billboard / public-message-on-pamphletm.

CaPoWriMo 2.21

Write an ode to a celebrity, like an actor, a singer or dancer, whom you have a massive crush on (you know you do).

CaPoWriMo 2.20

Write a code into a poem, such as you might in an acrostic.

CaPoWriMo 2.19

Write a commute poem or a poem about transport.

CaPoWriMo 2.18

Write a handicap poem. It can be about a handicapped person you know, or about your own handicaps, like poor eyesight, or failing hearts, or small challenges like not being able to digest some food item.

CaPoWriMo 2.17

Write an element poem: this can be about any natural element or force of nature, like the weather, or rain, or heat or a quake.

CaPoWriMo 2.16

Write a poem about an overused word - one of those that is used so frequently and with such little discrimination that it has little meaning. Example - spectacular, or fabulous.

CaPoWriMo 2.15

Write about a scar or a person with a scar.

CaPoWriMo 2.14

Write a poem about a relative whom you do not know much about but are intrigued by.

CaPoWriMo 2.13

Write a perfume or smell poem; write about the smell or essence of a person, an animal, of food or waste.

CaPoWriMo 2.12

Write a poem about a language you do not speak, write or understand, but with which you have had a fleeting encounter somewhere.

CaPoWriMo 2.11

Write a gadget poem; something about a camera or music player or laptop or tablet.

CaPoWriMo 2.10

Write an andhadi.

CaPoWriMo 2.09

Write a ghazal. Rhyme and refrain are both a must.

CaPoWriMo 2.08

Write a sonnet with perfect rhyme and meter.

CaPoWriMo 2.07

Write a weight poem - something about weight issues.

Those who can honestly claim not to have any weight issues may write about hair issues instead.

If you have neither, I don't want to hear from you.

CaPoWriMo 2.06

Write a sports poem. You can either describe a match or dedicate it to a sporting idol or player.

CaPoWriMo 2.05

Write a haiku or senryu. 17 syllables exactly.

CaPoWriMo 2.04

Write a photo poem, based on any poem that you see often; it might be something on your screensaver, on your desk or on the wall at home.

CaPoWriMo 2.03

Write a poem about one item that you wear often, or a favourite trinket.

CaPoWriMo 2.02

Write a villanelle.

CaPoWriMo 2.01

Pick any three words that you find intriguing and use them in a poem.

They have to be slightly unusual, not the ones you use everyday. You cannot say 'call' or 'office', for instance. But you can use 'haul' or 'tomb'.