Sorry I was away so long. This summer is turning out to be especially busy. But let’s dive back in with a Quadrille. Today’s prompt over at dVerse Poets Pub is to write a Quadrille (a poem of exactly forty-four words) that includes the word “pop” in some way. Anticipating the Balloon’s Pop Anticipation fillsContinue reading “A Short Poem That Pops”
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How I’m Using Camp NaNoWriMo and 4theWords for Novel Revision
I’ve been on a bit of an unplanned hiatus. But the fourth of July was lots of fun, the family and guests have left, and it’s time to get back to work. Since I’ve been having trouble focusing on novel revision, I decided to sign up for Camp NaNo this month for some extra motivation.Continue reading “How I’m Using Camp NaNoWriMo and 4theWords for Novel Revision”
Proverbial Honey
dVerse Poets Pub For today’s Meet the Bar prompt, Björn introduces us to the work of John Donne and invites us to follow his eighteen line heroic sonnet form. The line about honey in Donne’s poem made me think of a couple Proverbs about honey, so I thought I would rewrite them to fit intoContinue reading “Proverbial Honey”
RNLN #14 The Prophet: Kahlil Gibran’s Exploration of Abstract Nouns
Reading Novels Like a Novelist (RNLN 14) To get back into my abstractions posts, and my reading novels like a novelist (RNLN) posts I thought I’d explore The Prophet as both. I finally read The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, originally published in 1923. The short book had been on my radar for a while, butContinue reading “RNLN #14 The Prophet: Kahlil Gibran’s Exploration of Abstract Nouns”
Finished After Water-Proofing Garden Rock
dVerse Poets Pub Today is Open Link Night at the pub, so I get to write about anything I want. There are already lots of little green starts coming up from the seeds I planted, and I painted the big rock I dug up from my garden. When Mixing, It’s Important to Know There AreContinue reading “Finished After Water-Proofing Garden Rock”
Me, I Emu
dVerse Poets Pub For today’s Poetics prompt, Sarah invites us to verb animals and use those verbs or verb phrases—like “horsing around” or “pigging out” or our own inventions like “eagle over” or “ant the whole hill”—in our poem. This Animal Kingdom He is always sharking—dead-eyed stare, open mouthfull of sharpnessalways moving—prowlingfor the next morselContinue reading “Me, I Emu”
A Garden Once Begun
dVerse Poets Pub Today’s Form For All prompt is to write a Quatern A Garden Once Begun Today, I finished my gardenOver four days I toiled in soilThe hoe broke through thick roots and rocksAs if last year’s work never was And I dug up such a large rockToday; I finished my gardenIn the sameContinue reading “A Garden Once Begun”
How Gravity Affects Composition
In my last abstractions post, I talked about The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts by Rudolf Arnheim, and the ideas of centric and eccentric composition. Arnheim goes on to talk about how forces like gravity can effect composition which I found interesting. Arnheim says, “Walking downhill, dropping, orContinue reading “How Gravity Affects Composition”
She Says Peculiarity is Orange
For those readers who are wondering where my Reading Novels Like a Novelist (RNLN) post is, those posts are on hold for now. I’m still reading and taking notes on a novel a week, I’m just not into spending the time writing about them right now. We’re having some early summer weather here in theContinue reading “She Says Peculiarity is Orange”
Dialectic Composition: Centricity and Eccentricity
While contemplating the next steps in my study of contradictory abstract nouns, I started reading The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts by Rudolf Arnheim, and realized that focusing on composition, both in my images and in my poetry is a logical next step. Arnheim proposes that there areContinue reading “Dialectic Composition: Centricity and Eccentricity”
Experience Writing 