Today, I’m excited to share that I have two poems published at Heron Tree. They are found-poetry nonets. Here’s the link https://herontree.com/berg4-5/ . They’re short and include a quick paragraph about my process. For today’s MTB prompt at dVerse Poets Pub, Laura challenges us to write an Octameter – designed by Shelley A. Cephas inContinue reading “Nonets and Octameter”
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Destructive Force
Today is Open Link Night at dVerse Poets Pub. Sanaa provided a mini-prompt which is a quote from Pablo Neruda’s poem from “The Wide Ocean.” “Ocean, if you were to give, a measure, a ferment, a fruitof your gifts and destructions.” This made me think of the destructive power of water, and how this lakeContinue reading “Destructive Force”
Inspired by Alma Thomas’s Abstracts
This week’s Poetics prompt from dVerse Poets Pub is to choose a painting by Alma Thomas to inspire a poem. What struck me most about her pieces is how she evoked spaces and feelings with what looked to me like uneven bricks. I made an uneven bricks filter last fall, so inspired by Alma Thomas’sContinue reading “Inspired by Alma Thomas’s Abstracts”
Read Broadly, and Not As You Are Told
Hi everyone! Sorry I checked out for a bit, but summer hit hard, and I had some adjusting to do. The fourth of July was huge this year with my niece turning eighteen. Our fourth of July baby is going off to college. Oh, the changes keep coming. I turned the fireworks into tigers thisContinue reading “Read Broadly, and Not As You Are Told”
Summer Solstice Safari
Today is Haibun Monday at dVerse Poets Pub and Frank Tassone has challenged us to write a Solstice haibun. Summer Solstice Safari It’s hard to believe solstice is this week. The longest day of a summer that’s turtling—pokes its head out early, then hides, emerges then hides again. For the event it is supposed toContinue reading “Summer Solstice Safari”
All a Figment of My Imagination
If the reporter from the movie Hot Fuzz (assoc link) asked me to describe my perfect Sunday, I would only have to recall yesterday. My first real summer day this year. It was plant and swim day topped off with family time with my nieces. I finally went to the garden center and picked upContinue reading “All a Figment of My Imagination”
What We Find in the Dark
Today is Memorial Day, but the weather isn’t cooperating: it’s too cold to enjoy the lake. I had planned to take the day off and post tomorrow instead, but it feels like any other Monday, so here I am. However, it’s not just any other Monday. It’s a special Monday because my niece came toContinue reading “What We Find in the Dark”
The Final Week or Only the Beginning
Today I’m beginning the final week of my portable MFA in poetry. As I read the instructions, she says that after this week I can go back to the beginning and start again. I have to admit, that hadn’t crossed my mind, but sitting here looking at the final week of this two month experience,Continue reading “The Final Week or Only the Beginning”
Diving In or a Step at a Time
This week jumped from a cold and rainy Spring, to a hot and sunny Summer. I took my first dive into the lake, was greeted with an icy bite, and got right back out. Saturday, I took the slow walk down the ramp, but didn’t get all the way in. Which was better? Each hadContinue reading “Diving In or a Step at a Time”
Taking Risks
Exciting News! The Spring 2024 Vol. 26 Edition 2 of Stirring is now available, and I’m one of two featured artists. The online magazine includes two of my black and white photographs from my Murmurations series. Please check it out, and let me know what you think. Back to the Mirrorworld This morning I reconfiguredContinue reading “Taking Risks”
Experience Writing 