This poem is in response to Laura Bloomsbury’s MTB prompt at dVerse Poets Pub to write in the Parallelogram de Crystalline form about “the beauty of a (real or imaginary) lover as compared with and described in images of nature.” Summer Fling A love likeA wild bunny gorgingOn juicy ripe garden strawberries Grows brazenAnd boldContinue reading “Summer Fling”
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Deep Reading
“If we approach reading mindfully, we’ll get more out of it.” ~Brian Jackson One thing that came up in April’s exploration of Depth that I wanted to explore further was Deep Reading. In Madhu Bazaz Wangu’s Unblock Your Creative Flow(Amazon assoc. link), she says Deep Reading is “transformative reading that will help you grow inContinue reading “Deep Reading”
Breaking Through My Crossroads Block
This year, 2025, at the end of August, is the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. It’s hard for us survivors to believe it has already been that long because we are still affected by it every day. Any survivor of traumatic events knows what anniversaries can do. So please be tender with any K-storm survivorsContinue reading “Breaking Through My Crossroads Block”
April Review and What’s Next
Now that April’s busy challenges are over and we’ve had a couple days to breathe and calm down, let’s take some time to reflect on the month as a whole, and celebrate all we accomplished. This year I really appreciated the array of content, and readers’ comments in conversation with my content. Here are someContinue reading “April Review and What’s Next”
The Zenith
It’s our last day of NaPoWriMo (National /Global Poetry Writing Month) and the A-Z Challenge. We made it. Congratulations!! Here we are at the zenith of our depth study. This is the culminating moment, the climactic and decisive point. Like depth, zenith both abstract and concrete meanings. The zenith is the point of the celestialContinue reading “The Zenith”
The Depth of Yearning
It’s our last couple days of NaPoWriMo (National /Global Poetry Writing Month) and the A-Z Challenge. I hope you’re enjoying the A to Z of Depth. I really like the word yearning. It evokes longing and desire, but also has year in it and earning and is only one letter off from learning. I foundContinue reading “The Depth of Yearning”
Seeing Depth with X-rays
It’s our last few days of NaPoWriMo (National /Global Poetry Writing Month) and the A-Z Challenge. I hope you’re enjoying the A to Z of Depth. During this month’s exploration of depth, we’ve talked about many ways to look inside ourselves like: Abstract and Concrete thinking, Depth Data, Depth Psychology, Depth of Knowledge, and Mindfulness.Continue reading “Seeing Depth with X-rays”
New Depths
Today being Sunday, there is no A to Z. Here is my poem in response to the prompts at NaPoWriMo and Writer’s Digest’s Poem a Day Challenge. New Depths The frontman gets all the gloryeven here in the depthsof the underwater kingdomwhere do they think the processionalmusic is coming from as theyparade their daughtersbefore him?Continue reading “New Depths”
The Weather Deepens
It’s our last full week of NaPoWriMo (National /Global Poetry Writing Month) and the A-Z Challenge. I hope you’re enjoying the A to Z of Depth. When we talk about the weather, it’s usually small talk. The most shallow kind of talk with no emotional connection unless there’s been a severe weather event. However, oneContinue reading “The Weather Deepens”
Visuospatial Reasoning
It’s our last full week of NaPoWriMo (National /Global Poetry Writing Month) and the A-Z Challenge. I hope you’re enjoying the A to Z of Depth. Did you ever take a test with images like the ones above? If so, you were asked to look at the image on the left and imagine it asContinue reading “Visuospatial Reasoning”
Experience Writing 