Blogging A to Z I am not doing a great job of bringing my musical terms into my poetry, but they are still fun words to explore. Maybe I’ll use them to write little micro-fictions instead. That could be fun. I recently read that April is also International Guitar Month, started in 1987 to promoteContinue reading “#NaPoWriMo Day 7: I read the news today, Oh Boy.”
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#NaPoWriMo Day 6: Vanity by any other name
Blogging A to Z enharmonic – tones which sound the same pitch, but are written & named differently NaPoWriMo Prompt: “write a poem from the point of view of one person/animal/thing from Hieronymous Bosch’s famous (and famously bizarre) triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights.” PAD Challenge Prompt: Write a trap poem The poem A GiantContinue reading “#NaPoWriMo Day 6: Vanity by any other name”
#NaPoWriMo Day 5: Twenty Little Moments
I thought these prompts would be challenging, but once I decided on the abstract concept I wanted to explore for my metaphor, it really took me to some interesting places. I can see why I would visit this prompt again. NaPoWriMo Prompt: “Twenty Little Poetry Projects” Begin the poem with a metaphor. Say something specificContinue reading “#NaPoWriMo Day 5: Twenty Little Moments”
# NaPoWriMo Day 4: Dreams and Wishes
I wrote a song called Haunting Dreams that I recorded with Maria and the Aftermath on our album Selective Memories. I uploaded it to HitRecord which is a fun site for artistic collaboration. I think it fits nicely with this theme. Blogging A to Z diminuendo – gradually get softer dolce – play with aContinue reading “# NaPoWriMo Day 4: Dreams and Wishes”
# NaPoWriMo Day 3: Playing with Sounds
On my search for “chromatic notes” in nature around my house, I found this odd assortment of bones in the water and on the rocks nearby. I found one similar to the largest bone about two months ago. I believe they are fish bones, but they could be bird, so I played archeologist and madeContinue reading “# NaPoWriMo Day 3: Playing with Sounds”
#NaPoWriMo Day 2: A Place in Space
Today’s prompts inspired me to pull one of the pieces I made after Hurricane Katrina out of the closet and take some pictures of it. The place in the space between the two figures represents a playhouse and a greenhouse separated by an entire country. Blogging A to Z Since today has a theme ofContinue reading “#NaPoWriMo Day 2: A Place in Space”
National Poetry Writing Month is Here!
Blogging A to Z This year I wanted to do something a little different. I’ll still be exploring great words, but instead of new words I decided to concentrate on specific terminology. Every skill, concentration, study or craft has its own terminology. I thought I would add some music to my poetry by looking atContinue reading “National Poetry Writing Month is Here!”
100 Million Mask Challenge Update
First, I have some bad news and some good news. The bad news is, I will not be doing a cool unboxing of the 100 million mask challenge sewing kit because they didn’t need me to sew masks. The good news is local businesses stepped up, so they didn’t need individuals to sew. Here’s theContinue reading “100 Million Mask Challenge Update”
100 Million Masks Challenge: A way to help fight the virus.
Hi Everyone! I got a great phone call this morning. My friend called to make me aware of an opportunity to help in the fight against Corona virus. Providence medical is putting together sewing kits so people who can sew and have a sewing machine can make protective masks for medical professionals in their area.Continue reading “100 Million Masks Challenge: A way to help fight the virus.”
Z is for zeugma- Poems: Dive in, Creative and Zeugma
Today’s new word: zeugma n. Grammar, Rhetoric. the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way, as in to wage war and peace or On his fishing trip, he caught three troutContinue reading “Z is for zeugma- Poems: Dive in, Creative and Zeugma”
Experience Writing 