Full Circle

Today being Sunday, there is no A to Z today. Here is my poem in response to the prompts at NaPoWriMo and Writer’s Digest’s Poem a Day Challenge. Full Circle 1.Here I am again: Again I’ve come full circle.The flowers come too soon with so much left to dostalled upside down in the loop-de-loop ofContinue reading “Full Circle”

Summer Seeds

Today being Sunday, there is no A to Z today. Here is my poem in response to the prompts at NaPoWriMo and Writer’s Digest’s Poem a Day Challenge. Watermelon My whole face puckerstongue out, licking air searching for balancesome release from the sickly sweetgushing after the firstcrisp bite A splash of summertoo pink and stickypittedContinue reading “Summer Seeds”

Writober Early Birds

Here we are. It’s already Writober Eve. This year I have lots of useful writing tools, and fun prompts to keep us inspired to write every day. You can take what inspires and leave the rest. You can come back to any post when you have more time. Or you can write whatever moves youContinue reading “Writober Early Birds”

Writober Is Coming

October is a very busy month here at Experience Writing. It’s October Poetry Writing Month (OctPoWriMo), Writober daily flash fiction challenge, the daily Halloween Photography Challenge, and it’s the month of preparing to write a novel during November’s NaNoWriMo. Though Writober was the name of the flash fiction challenge, I’m using it as the nameContinue reading “Writober Is Coming”

Inspired by Alma Thomas’s Abstracts

This week’s Poetics prompt from dVerse Poets Pub is to choose a painting by Alma Thomas to inspire a poem. What struck me most about her pieces is how she evoked spaces and feelings with what looked to me like uneven bricks. I made an uneven bricks filter last fall, so inspired by Alma Thomas’sContinue reading “Inspired by Alma Thomas’s Abstracts”

Read Broadly, and Not As You Are Told

Hi everyone! Sorry I checked out for a bit, but summer hit hard, and I had some adjusting to do. The fourth of July was huge this year with my niece turning eighteen. Our fourth of July baby is going off to college. Oh, the changes keep coming. I turned the fireworks into tigers thisContinue reading “Read Broadly, and Not As You Are Told”

What We Find in the Dark

Today is Memorial Day, but the weather isn’t cooperating: it’s too cold to enjoy the lake. I had planned to take the day off and post tomorrow instead, but it feels like any other Monday, so here I am. However, it’s not just any other Monday. It’s a special Monday because my niece came toContinue reading “What We Find in the Dark”

Taking Risks

Exciting News! The Spring 2024 Vol. 26 Edition 2 of Stirring is now available, and I’m one of two featured artists. The online magazine includes two of my black and white photographs from my Murmurations series. Please check it out, and let me know what you think. Back to the Mirrorworld This morning I reconfiguredContinue reading “Taking Risks”

April Review and What’s Coming in May

I gave the challenges my all. I showed up every day. I began the month promising acceptance for whatever comes, and then instantly regretted it, because the unexpected came again, and again. There was nothing to do but accept it, and yet that didn’t mean I could help but want to get off the roller-coasterContinue reading “April Review and What’s Coming in May”

2023 in Review as A Poem

He Chose Me Years Ago Composure wishes for singularityHe is a whirl of spring airWe join in harmony Creation is a cypress swampMy driveway is a testament The perfect summer sunlight filled the empty bottleI don’t remember why we were talking about hummingbirds How you entreat for signs of affectionHuman bodies are so fragileIt’s aContinue reading “2023 in Review as A Poem”