Welcome to my National Poetry Month project for 2026, where I am playing with poetry by generating poems in playful ways. Today's poem was inspired by Paint Chip Poetry.
The directions say to pull a dozen paint chips and flip over a prompt card. Here's what I ended up with.
I decided to use the prompt as the title and the theme. I chose fog, in the dark, and ruby slippers as paint chips to use as words/phrases in the poem. Of course, ruby slippers made me think of Dorothy and Oz. That seemed a perfect parallel universe to write about. For this one I chose the triolet.
In a Parallel Universe
The fog rolled in the night you went away
in the dark, I followed where you flew
your ruby slippers marked a hidden way
The fog rolled in the night you went away
I chased their glow, but dawn turned them to gray
and every road I chose unmade what’s true
The fog rolled in the night you went away
in the dark, I followed where you flew
Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2026. All rights reserved.
I hope you come back tomorrow to read the new poem I have to share. To see what others are offering up this month, check out Jama Rattigan's 2026 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup.
You can check out previous poems in the links below.
April 2 - MadLib a Poem - Stamp Collectors Dream
April 3 - Roll-a-Poem - The Brewing Storm
April 4 - Metaphor Dice - Time is an Impossible Promise
April 5 - Haikubes - A dream about my childhood
April 5 - Haikubes - A dream about my childhood
April 6 - The Poetry Kit - On Being an Octopus
April 7 - Poetry Machine - After Dad Died
April 8 - Magnetic Poetry Kit
April 9 - Poem Dice - The Fairy Dance
April 10 - Blackout Poem Generator - Untitled
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