NPM 2025 - Poem 2 and Progressive Poem

For National Poetry Month this year, I am writing poems in uncommon, unusual, or inventive poetic forms. The only rule I have set for myself is that I choose forms I am unfamiliar with. Here are some of the resources I am referencing. 

• 20+ Different (& Wild!) Poetry Forms for Inspiration
• A Strange Poetry
• Refrigerator, Blackout, And Other Radical Poetry Forms
• Experimental Poetry Forms
• 20 Fun Poem Types (You've Probably Never Heard Of)

Today's poem is a Preposition poem.
A preposition poem is one where every line begins with a preposition, ideally a different one for each line. I cheated a bit and repeated one word while writing this poem. 

Where is my other shoe?

During the night he wanders
in and out of rooms
inside the closets
until he finds it
before daylight, his treasure's hidden

After waking, I search high and low
with wagging tail, the thief trots
beside me
following my every move
between meals he soundly sleeps

Without a doubt, my shoe is
in his dreams

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2025. All rights reserved.

I hope you come back tomorrow to see what new poetic form I've chosen. You can also read the other poems I've written this month.

• April 1 - Quintaine

To see what others are writing this month, check out  Jama Rattigan's 2025 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup. 

Welcome to the progressive poem! 

What is a progressive poem? It's a collaborative poem that grows one line each day, with a different author composing each line. Thanks to Margaret Simon for organizing this effort.

Linda Mitchell at A Word Edgewise wrote the first line. Here is her line and my addition.

Open an April window
let sunlight paint the air

That's it! I'm handing it off to Robyn Hood Black at Life on the Deckle Edge. I hope you'll follow this progressive poem's journey throughout the month. Here is the complete list of participants. 

• April 1 Linda Mitchell at A Word Edgewise
• April 2 Tricia Stohr-Hunt at The Miss Rumphius Effect
• April 3 Robyn Hood Black at Life on the Deckle Edge
• April 4 Donna Smith at Mainely Write
• April 5 Denise Krebs at Dare to Care
• April 6 Buffy Silverman 
• April 7 Jone Rush MacCulloch
• April 8 Janice Scully at Salt City Verse
• April 9 Tabatha Yeatts at The Opposite of Indifference 
• April 10 Marcie Flinchum Atkins
• April 11 Rose Capelli at Imagine the Possibilities 
• April 12 Fran Haley at Lit Bits and Pieces
• April 13 Cathy Stenquist
• April 14 Janet Fagel at Mainely Write
• April 15 Carol Varsalona at Beyond LiteracyLink
• April 16 Amy Ludwig VanDerwater at The Poem Farm
• April 17 Kim Johnson at Common Threads
• April 18 Margaret at Reflections on the Teche
• April 19 Ramona at Pleasures from the Page
• April 20 Mary Lee at A(nother) Year of Reading
• April 21 Tanita Davis 
• April 22 Patricia Franz
• April 23 Ruth at There’s no such thing as a Godforsaken town
• April 24 Linda Kulp Trout 
• April 25 Heidi Mordhorst at My Juicy Little Universe
• April 26 Michelle Kogan 
• April 27 Linda Baie at Teacher Dance
• April 28 Pamela Ross at Words in Flight
• April 29 Diane Davis at Starting Again in Poetry
• April 30 April Halprin Wayland at Teaching Authors