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The Scares Are In the Sounds

Writober 2025: Our Deepest Fears>Prompt Post 🔗Post contains Amazon associate links (shown with Aal in parentheses)🔗Links in the Table of Contents are Jump links to each of the challenges to navigate easily to the prompt of your interest: OctPoWriMo for poetry; Writober Flash Fiction for flash fiction; Halloween Photography Challenge for photography🐦‍⬛Example poems are copiedContinue reading “The Scares Are In the Sounds”

Staying With the Breath

Writober 2025: Day One Breath>Response Post 🔗Links in the Table of Contents are Jump links to my responses to each of the challenges 🐦‍⬛This is original work created by Maria L. Berg and this post counts as copyright. All rights reserved. 🎃OctPoWriMo 🦇Writober Flash Fiction 👻Halloween Photography Challenge Today’s Theme: Breath OctPoWriMo Take a BreathContinue reading “Staying With the Breath”

It All Starts With the Breath

Paddling Against the Current

Poetry>New Poem 📝This post is in response to the Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub✒️This post contains a new poem that is the property of Maria L. Berg Prompt Today’s prompt from Truedessa for Poetics at dVerse Poets Pub is to write a poem inspired by the poem “The Song by Paddle Sings” by EmilyContinue reading “Paddling Against the Current”

Colored Images

Poetry>New Poem 📝This post is in response to the MTB prompt at dVerse Poets Pub✒️This post contains a new poem that is the property of Maria L. Berg Prompt Today’s prompt from Laura Bloomsbury for Meet the Bar at the dVerse Poets Pub is to write an imagist poem with a color motif. This promptContinue reading “Colored Images”

Come Join In the Writober Fun

Writing and Creativity Challenges>Writober 2025 🌊This post is part of this year’s Writober Blogging Challenges🧩This post continues the Writober Events since 2016 This year’s Writober is only two weeks away. Are you looking for a fun writing challenge? A great blogging community that loves Halloween? Are you interested in exploring our fears for deeper writingContinue reading “Come Join In the Writober Fun”

Late Summer Cinquain

Poetry>New Poem 📝This post is in response to the MTB prompt at dVerse Poets Pub✒️This post contains a new poem that is the property of Maria L. Berg Prompt Today’s prompt from Björn for Meet the Bar at the dVerse Poets Pub is to write a cinquain. A cinquain is a syllabic poem with fiveContinue reading “Late Summer Cinquain”

Deeper Questions

Learning>Depth 🔗This post contains Amazon associate links (links marked with Aal in parentheses)🌊This post is part of this year’s ongoing depth study🧩This post continues the discussion from Deep Questions posted on April 19th This year’s depth study hit a bit of a snag when I came to the conclusion that to deepen my thinking andContinue reading “Deeper Questions”

The Museum of Temporary Hideouts

I enjoyed today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub from Melissa Lemay. Inspired by the poem, “August Morning,” by Albert Garcia, she challenged us to “wander from room to room as if in a museum.” The Museum of Temporary Hideouts We say nature abhorsa vacuum, meaningempty spaces don’tstay empty for long.This house has a vacuuminContinue reading “The Museum of Temporary Hideouts”

Crises of Nature

These poems continue my exploration of Krisis for the dVerse Poets Pub anthology call. It’s the last Open Link Night before the deadline, and we were given the opportunity to present up to three poems for this post. I’ve come up with two offerings. Betrayal By Nature “Nature never did betray the heart that lovedContinue reading “Crises of Nature”