2026 NaPM 19 April

[RiverNotch]

Write a poem for National Poetry Month based on the topic described....rather, write a poem set in, pertaining to, or inspired by the given region, whether its entirety or just some part of it, as this year's prompts are going to be unified by the theme "Around the World" like last year's prompts were unified by the theme "Esoterica". Each poem should appear as a separate reply to this thread. There are three levels of participation:

Bronze. Participated at least once.

Silver. Participated every day.

Gold. Participated every day, with all entries either being the same form (e.g., every one a sonnet) or being distinct forms (e.g., no two haiku).


Today's region is Australia.

[dukealien]

Under, Over


We of North America find ourselves so
much like you of Terra Australis, over
Cancer, under Capricorn seems a piffle;
even our hoodoos

(treatment of the natives and immigration)
ought to fade in history were it not for
certain over-sensitives who attempt to
guilt us about them.

Now, about those guns that we cling to but you’ve
thrown away, well, you’ve had a shorter time to
be a nation, and with much weaker Injuns–
you can recover.