Poetry>New Poem 📝This post is in response to the Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub✒️This post contains a new poem that is the property of Maria L. Berg Prompt Today’s prompt from Truedessa for Poetics at dVerse Poets Pub is to write a poem inspired by the poem “The Song by Paddle Sings” by EmilyContinue reading “Paddling Against the Current”
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Colored Images
Poetry>New Poem 📝This post is in response to the MTB prompt at dVerse Poets Pub✒️This post contains a new poem that is the property of Maria L. Berg Prompt Today’s prompt from Laura Bloomsbury for Meet the Bar at the dVerse Poets Pub is to write an imagist poem with a color motif. This promptContinue reading “Colored Images”
Late Summer Cinquain
Poetry>New Poem 📝This post is in response to the MTB prompt at dVerse Poets Pub✒️This post contains a new poem that is the property of Maria L. Berg Prompt Today’s prompt from Björn for Meet the Bar at the dVerse Poets Pub is to write a cinquain. A cinquain is a syllabic poem with fiveContinue reading “Late Summer Cinquain”
Depth of Mess from a New Perspective
Today, I am celebrating making a deep dent in the depths of papers stacked around my office, and hiding in the desk drawers. 🥳🎆🎉 At the start of this month, I gave myself the tiny goal of throwing away ten pieces of paper a day. That could be anything: receipts, ticket stubs, old mail, anything.Continue reading “Depth of Mess from a New Perspective”
Find the Joy in Grief and the Hope in Despair
I thought I was exhausted from Writober, but it turned out I just needed the election to be over, or perhaps both. I unplugged yesterday, and didn’t peek at the results until kitty was curled up next to me, I had delicious baked plums to fill my empty belly, and cocoa-coffee to wash it down.Continue reading “Find the Joy in Grief and the Hope in Despair”
November Expectations
Writober Recap This Writober was a huge success. Thank you everyone who participated, linking up their images, poems, and stories. Your work was intriguing, thought provoking, entertaining, and fun. And you kept me inspired to keep working every day. Congratulations to Circe of Baldacchino di Perla, ladyleemanila, Carol anne at Therapy Bits, and A.M. MoscosoContinue reading “November Expectations”
The Writober Finale
These are my responses to the final Writober prompt post Fear of Death. OctPoWriMo Living With Fear of Death Color of the distant object deceivesThe slice of cloud dismembered from the skybecomes filthy while falling and floating byThe dead end road ends abruptlyI can’t taste the poison but it’s thereI will never hear his voiceContinue reading “The Writober Finale”
Fear of Death
Happy Halloween! You’ve done it: thirty days of poems, stories, and photographs; weekly sewing and music projects. And we’re here at the end. Our final Writober poem, story, and photo prompts of 2024. OctPoWriMo Poetry Toolbox If you didn’t make your word list this month, it’s never too late. I created this Excel Spreadsheet forContinue reading “Fear of Death”
Cruel Acts
These are my responses to the Writober prompt post Fear of Acts of God. OctPoWriMo When They Blame God I can’t imagine how peopleblamed the city, everyone inthe city for being hit by a hurricane, but they did.So many said we deserved itfor our beliefs and our actions.Some said that God was punishing usbut aren’tContinue reading “Cruel Acts”
Fear of Acts of God
Welcome back for the thirtieth day of Writober. We are in our final days looking at the fifth universal fear: fear of extinction. Today, we’re looking at Acts of God, storms and other large events that are out of our control. Fear of Acts of God is the same as fear of bad luck, similarContinue reading “Fear of Acts of God”
Experience Writing 