These are my responses to the Writober Day 2 prompts in Sounds of Words: Stress and Duration. OctPoWriMo I’m a little embarrassed that I didn’t present metric feet as clearly as I could this morning. While putting my words in my Excel Spreadsheet, I realized that I told you to count syllables in a line andContinue reading “Embarrassment Happens”
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Sounds of Words: Stress and Duration
Welcome back for the second day of Writober. How did it go yesterday? Feeling inspired? Don’t forget to put your links in the chat to share what you wrote and made. Today, all our prompts will continue to explore the universal fear of Ego death: the loss of subjective self-identity by looking at embarrassment. EmbarrassmentContinue reading “Sounds of Words: Stress and Duration”
Haunted by Ego Death
OctPoWriMo Today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is to write a poem about Harvest or Haunting, or a Haunted Harvest. Let’s see if I can fit that in with the prompt from the first day of Writober post Letters: Symbols of Sound. Four of the ten words in my word list started with “s,”Continue reading “Haunted by Ego Death”
Letters: Symbols of Sound
Welcome to the first day of Writober. Today, all our prompts will start to explore the universal fear of Ego death: the loss of subjective self-identity. The fear of Ego Death encompasses all the fears of damage to one’s ego, one’s pride, such as embarrassment, shame, fear of failure, fear of success, and the feelingContinue reading “Letters: Symbols of Sound”
Haunting Strings
OctPoWriMo Today is Quadrille Monday at dVerse Poets Pub. Lisa challenges us to write a poem of exactly forty-four words that includes the word “string.” I’m also responding to the prompts in Writober Early Birds When the Lights Go Out The void slips through the cracksDisembodied strings vibratea haunting tuneNot unwelcoming and yet, I shiverContinue reading “Haunting Strings”
Writober Early Birds
Here we are. It’s already Writober Eve. This year I have lots of useful writing tools, and fun prompts to keep us inspired to write every day. You can take what inspires and leave the rest. You can come back to any post when you have more time. Or you can write whatever moves youContinue reading “Writober Early Birds”
Writober Is Coming
October is a very busy month here at Experience Writing. It’s October Poetry Writing Month (OctPoWriMo), Writober daily flash fiction challenge, the daily Halloween Photography Challenge, and it’s the month of preparing to write a novel during November’s NaNoWriMo. Though Writober was the name of the flash fiction challenge, I’m using it as the nameContinue reading “Writober Is Coming”
Staying Autumn
Today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is to write an Autumn poem that includes colors or leaves. Since today couldn’t be less Autumnal here in Western Washington, my poem is about enjoying the moments before Autumn inevitably arrives. Staying Autumn Emerald-aqua hummingbirds pause by the wine-leaved plum tree.They frolic as if they can dartContinue reading “Staying Autumn”
Equinox
Today is Haibun Monday at dVerse Poets Pub and Frank Tassone inspires us to write about the equinox using the Haibun form. Equinox The sun bursts through the clouds when I’m looking for shade. Sweat drips down my jawline when all I want is to wrap myself in my new comfy sweatshirt. Autumn fell soContinue reading “Equinox”
A Sonnet of a Different Meter
I have to admit, August was tough. The weather turned as if Summer took its ball and went home, leaving me with nothing to play with and only the constant banging from the construction next door to keep me company. However, the sun returned yesterday, bringing with it a will to get back to work,Continue reading “A Sonnet of a Different Meter”
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