For today’s images, I played with the trope of the hooded figure performing rituals (and it gave me an excuse to pull out my pretty cape I made a long time ago for a Death costume). OctPoWriMo Last time I was in New Orleans, I found a book called Gumbo Ya-Ya: A Collection of LouisianaContinue reading “Rituals to Face Today”
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Oct. 2 Prompts: What are Your Creative Rituals?
Yesterday was such a fun start. I really enjoyed the poems and images you linked up. If you didn’t get a chance to join in yesterday, it’s never too late to join in. I’m glad you’re here. OctPoWriMo 2023: Facing Our Fears Do you have rituals to get you in a writing frame of mind?Continue reading “Oct. 2 Prompts: What are Your Creative Rituals?”
In a Spooky Mood
Happy first day of October! I hope you’re enjoying jumping in to all of this month’s fun blogging challenges. I woke up while it was still dark and went out with my camera to enjoy the spooky moonlight. I really enjoyed the results of using the “Night Scene” setting in my Sony alpha-58 to captureContinue reading “In a Spooky Mood”
Welcome to October Day 1: Prompts to Put Us in a Spooky Mood
Here we are. It’s the first day of October. Thank you for joining me. I’ve provided prompts for poetry, fiction, and photography. I like to use all of these prompts to inform each other in a daily poem, flash fiction story, and photo shoot, but you are welcome to use them in any way thatContinue reading “Welcome to October Day 1: Prompts to Put Us in a Spooky Mood”
Join Me for Fun October Creative Challenges
October is almost here which means it’s time for OctPoWriMo, Writober, and a Halloween Photography Challenge. I love using these challenges to get me into a Halloween mood all month long. This year it looks like I’ll be providing the prompts for all three challenges, so I’ll schedule prompt posts to be up just afterContinue reading “Join Me for Fun October Creative Challenges”
Equal Parts Sunflower and Fireplace
Today’s prompt for Haibun Monday at dVerse poets pub is Equinox. Burning Brightly In the morning I entered my garden curious to see if the tiny acorn squash had grown, but I couldn’t tell. I picked two small cucumbers, and then saw her bright yellow head held high on her skinny stalk. The first sunflowerContinue reading “Equal Parts Sunflower and Fireplace”
Visual Music
Today’s form prompt provided by Grace at dVerse Poets Pub is the Flamenca. “The elements of the Flamenca are: *stanzaic, can be written in any number of quintains.*syllabic, 6-6-5-6-6 syllables per line to imitate the rapid click of the heels of a dancer.*Line 2 and Line 5 assonate. (same vowel sounds) “ Here’s my firstContinue reading “Visual Music”
Autumn’s Second Spring
Today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub from Melissa Lemay has a form option called “The Fold” by Gillena Cox, and an extensive list of autumn words to Fold into Autumn. The prompt is: write a poem incorporating autumn, folding in some autumn words from the list provided below (at end of post), or whateverContinue reading “Autumn’s Second Spring”
Violent Nature
Today’s prompt for Quadrille Monday at dVerse Poets Pub is “Smash.” Violent Nature And Smash! The glass shatters,a smattering of cracks and littering smithereensFear seeps in and smuggles safety out betweeninto the darkest nightSmiter of electric light,the wind howls triumphantShe imagines his smug smileas he leaves smudgeson the walls
Readers Imbibing Peril (R.I.P. XVIII) Update
I can’t believe we’re already over halfway through September. Yesterday was lovely and warm, but today feels like Fall. I’ve accepted that my summer is over, so I thought today would be a good day to talk about my progress in the Readers Imbibing Peril challenge. I linked each of the titles to the book’sContinue reading “Readers Imbibing Peril (R.I.P. XVIII) Update”
Experience Writing 