Today I spent some time finding new poetry resources and sites to follow. I found a lot of prompts for today, but two stood out and I thought I would combine them (as I like to do) and write a poem. The first is the Sunday Writing Prompt from Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie. The prompt is “BeautifulContinue reading “Thinking about the smell of beautiful mistakes”
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Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Four: More Redrafting
Preparing for today’s redrafting After all my redrafts, I plan to make my final choices and send a draft off for some feedback. I plan to try both Scribophile and Poetry Free for All. Both of these sites expect you to give feedback before you post asking for feedback, so I thought I would getContinue reading “Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Four: More Redrafting”
Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Three: Redrafting
The poem as I left it last: She stares out the kitchen window An impression arrests fruit flies in kitchen sinks full of ideasfrozen mid-irritation, like tinnitus of Meniere’s before the dizzying vertigostepping out of a spiral, the view becomes clear, as if finallyfinding the source of wafting, permeating decay Contentment empties the glue ofContinue reading “Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Three: Redrafting”
Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Two: The First Redraft
Exploring the Narrative Voice The Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is a great way to introduce the next step in my revision process. Ingrid challenged us to explore Narrative Voice. One of the first things I did in my poem review was look at the point of view and narrative of the poem. ItContinue reading “Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Two: The First Redraft”
Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part One: Review
The First Read I printed out my poem in larger than regular font (14pt) and 1.5 spacing. Then I read it aloud while walking around the room. The poem I’m reviewing is the first poem I wrote during NaPoWriMo last month: Breeding Fruit Flies with Two Different Eyes An impression arrests the fruit flies inContinue reading “Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part One: Review”
Revising Poetry: Creating a process
A Seed of Hope The seed yet planted has potentialit may be the one to burst into sproutthe tiny green hope watched by the discerning eyenot ignored as the yellow flowers in the garden,the kale gone to seed soon composted to clear the way That quadrille (a poem of 44 words) in response to today’sContinue reading “Revising Poetry: Creating a process”
Reflecting on the use of Janus words in my April poems
Today is reflection post day for the A to Z Challenge. I enjoyed their theme and posts about games this year. Though I did not remember to do the scavenger hunt, I really liked the idea, and if anyone is still looking for a post for “bear”, I wrote a poem called Black Bear’s Branch.Continue reading “Reflecting on the use of Janus words in my April poems”
Happy May Day
I did it! I made it through April with over thirty new poems posted, inspired by NaPoWriMo and the Poem-a-Day Challenge. Congratulations to everyone who met these challenges. It was very fun to see the winners posted for last November’s Poem-a-Day Chapbook challenge. Congratulations De Jackson! At the A to Z Challenge there’s an after-challengeContinue reading “Happy May Day”
The Final Destination
Today’s final NaPoWriMo prompt is to write directions describing how a person should get to a particular place. The final PAD prompt is a goodbye poem. Over at the A to Z Challenge they have a word scramble. The Janus word for today is zip which can mean energy, vim, or nothing, nada, zero TimeContinue reading “The Final Destination”
An Irreplaceable View
Tonight is the Poetry & the Creative Mind Gala. It’s free. The NaPoWriMo prompt for today is to imagine looking through a window, any window, and describing what I see. The PAD prompt is to write an evening poem. Over at the A to Z Challenge they’re playing the Yes Game. My Janus word isContinue reading “An Irreplaceable View”
Experience Writing 