OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Fear of Danger: Think of a warning you received from your parents as a child. Start your poem with “My mother says/said” or “My father says/said” and in the poem try to capture their fears behind the warnings. For this poem you may want to try a Cascade. Here’s a cascadeContinue reading “Oct. 24 Prompts: Pulsing Beneath the Surface”
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The Night Sky
For today’s images, I made pin point filters of constellations: Orion and the Big Dipper, then I pretended the mirrorworld was the night sky. OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears The Music of My Night after Muriel Rukeyser When I who can never sleep without a video on my laptop,waking often to keep the nightmares away, canContinue reading “The Night Sky”
Oct. 23 Prompts: Music of the Night
I am so glad you are still on these challenges with me. This last week, I started writing full flashes, and cutting more surprising cuts for my photographs. And I finished my pocket quilt in its first rendition. So much creative energy heading toward Halloween. OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears A few weeks ago I readContinue reading “Oct. 23 Prompts: Music of the Night”
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Turns out today is my Ten Year Anniversary on WordPress, and also my One Year anniversary on 4theWords. I guess I like to start things today. Ten Years feels so monumental. Thank you all for following along on my creative journey. Thank you for reading, liking, commenting and participating in the slightly over 1,000 postsContinue reading “The Itsy Bitsy Spider”
Oct. 22 Prompts: Creepy Crawlies
OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Arachnophobia: It was kind of funny during the second week of ModPo during office hours, I found that all the poems were about spiders. For today’s poem, write a response to one of the poems below. You can reply to it in any way you would like. Do you agree withContinue reading “Oct. 22 Prompts: Creepy Crawlies”
Swamp Creatures
If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I’m responding to Hiding in the Swamp. For today’s images I cut an alligator filter and a turtle filter. I also used the cut-outs in the jagged outline filter. Stream of Consciousness Saturday Today, Linda G. Hill’s prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “material.” I thought itContinue reading “Swamp Creatures”
Oct. 21 Prompts: Hiding in the Swamp
The Swamp by Maria L. Berg 2018 OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Fear of Science Run Amok: Write today’s poem as a mad scientist. Your poem may be the formula for your greatest discovery or invention. Your poem may be your manifesto, or your frustrations with limitation, or just the rantings of a mad man. IContinue reading “Oct. 21 Prompts: Hiding in the Swamp”
Lost in the Fog
This morning I searched “Halloween” in my WordPress reader again and found some fun posts. If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I’m responding to In a Thick Fog. For today’s images I tried a few things. First I took pictures outside with the plastic filter from last year, then I tried a piece ofContinue reading “Lost in the Fog”
Oct. 20 Prompts: In a Thick Fog
OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Lost Version One: Write a poem about a time you’ve been lost or felt lost. This could be a fun day to try another spoken poem in a different space. To create a spoken poem, record yourself speaking the poem as it comes to you then copy down what you said,Continue reading “Oct. 20 Prompts: In a Thick Fog”
Always Screaming Inside
This morning I searched “Halloween” in my WordPress reader and found some fun posts. If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I’m responding to Fear of the Screams in the Night. For today’s images to mix things up a bit, I had fun folding origami jack-o-lanterns and took pictures of them screaming. Then I playedContinue reading “Always Screaming Inside”
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