OctPoWriMo 2023: Facing Our Fears Dream or Nightmare: Have you ever died in a dream, or woken up just before? Carefully describe such an image from a dream. Use that image to explore a specific fear. Writing a Nocturne seems like a good fit for this prompt. You may want to read Nocturne by LouiseContinue reading “Oct. 14 Prompts: Not in the Grave”
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Ashes, Ashes We Write it All Down
If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I’m responding to Stirring the Ashes. For today’s images I tried something new and set two paper filters on fire to make random shapes. One I burned with a match, and the other with a Bic bendable lighter. OctPoWriMo 2023: Facing Our Fears Dimensional Shifts This is theContinue reading “Ashes, Ashes We Write it All Down”
Oct. 13 Prompts: Stirring the Ashes
OctPoWriMo 2023: Facing Our Fears Fear of the known: Choose one of your questions from yesterday and use all of your imagination to answer it in a way that doesn’t frighten you. You may want to organize your answer in the Rispetto form. Here’s a rispetto I wrote in November 2017: The Mentor and MenteeContinue reading “Oct. 13 Prompts: Stirring the Ashes”
The Veil That Keeps Us Blissfully Unaware
If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I’m responding to Pulling Back the Veil. For today’s images I spent my morning completely rebuilding my mirrorworld, and hanging a blue light curtain as my veil. I wrapped orange, green and white lights around two of my laundry basket hoops, one on top of the other, andContinue reading “The Veil That Keeps Us Blissfully Unaware”
Oct. 12 Prompts: Pulling Back the Veil
OctPoWriMo 2023: Facing Our Fears Fear of the unknown: Write a poem made of questions to which you do not want to know the answer. It might be fun to put your questions in an Acrostic form, spelling out a technical term for a certain phobia, or an answer that would frighten you. Here’s anContinue reading “Oct. 12 Prompts: Pulling Back the Veil”
Watching the Shadows
If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I’m responding to Lurking in the Shadows. For today’s images I thought about how dark it was in my closet the other day, and turned it into a shadow puppet theater. OctPoWriMo 2023: Facing Our Fears While waiting to see if the mushrooms kill me In the slantedContinue reading “Watching the Shadows”
Oct. 11 Prompts: Lurking in the Shadows
OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Today lets look at light and shadow in the form of a Cleave poem. The neat thing about this two column poem is it can be read as three different poems. Here’s a cleave poem I wrote in December of 2021 using bold text instead of columns: Crimson Morning Light EvenContinue reading “Oct. 11 Prompts: Lurking in the Shadows”
The Frightening Unmasking
If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I’m responding to Behind the Masks. For today’s images I made two new mask filters and took them to the mirrorworld. Since the rain has come, I think it’s time to revamp the mirrorworld specifically for the season. OctPoWriMo 2023: Facing Our Fears Over at dVerse Poets PubContinue reading “The Frightening Unmasking”
Oct. 10 Prompts: Behind the Masks
OctPoWriMo 2023: Facing Our Fears Fear of the Other: Thinking about all the masks people wear, bring to mind someone that you are afraid of. With that person in mind imagine things that that person would never say. What is the mask he or she is wearing when she says these things in your poem?Continue reading “Oct. 10 Prompts: Behind the Masks”
What I Saw in the Dark
If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I’m responding to Seeing in the Dark. For today’s images I cut a new owl filter and put tiny feathers in it. I guess third time’s a charm with owls, I like how this cut turned out, and the feather effect is also worked well. OctPoWriMo 2023: FacingContinue reading “What I Saw in the Dark”
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