Category Archives: poetry

Rhetorical devices: Playing with words to be more convincing

Something amazing and surprising happened this summer. My nephew became interested in reading and wanted to read my Gator McBumpypants picture books with me. He then planned out the next ten years of my life with new characters I need to make and write about. I still have the pictures I took in New OrleansContinue reading “Rhetorical devices: Playing with words to be more convincing”

A Positive Transition: It’s the little things

Today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is to write a poem about transition. A Subtle Key Change from Minor to Major though days are stolen by antsthe morning light is enchanting through the sprinklersand chickens ate my barely-growing gardenedible wild mushrooms appeared in the dying yardeverything takes longer than I want it toand theContinue reading “A Positive Transition: It’s the little things”

A Short Poem That Pops

Sorry I was away so long. This summer is turning out to be especially busy. But let’s dive back in with a Quadrille. Today’s prompt over at dVerse Poets Pub is to write a Quadrille (a poem of exactly forty-four words) that includes the word “pop” in some way. Anticipating the Balloon’s Pop Anticipation fillsContinue reading “A Short Poem That Pops”

Proverbial Honey

dVerse Poets Pub For today’s Meet the Bar prompt, Björn introduces us to the work of John Donne and invites us to follow his eighteen line heroic sonnet form. The line about honey in Donne’s poem made me think of a couple Proverbs about honey, so I thought I would rewrite them to fit intoContinue reading “Proverbial Honey”

RNLN #14 The Prophet: Kahlil Gibran’s Exploration of Abstract Nouns

Reading Novels Like a Novelist (RNLN 14) To get back into my abstractions posts, and my reading novels like a novelist (RNLN) posts I thought I’d explore The Prophet as both. I finally read The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, originally published in 1923. The short book had been on my radar for a while, butContinue reading “RNLN #14 The Prophet: Kahlil Gibran’s Exploration of Abstract Nouns”

Finished After Water-Proofing Garden Rock

dVerse Poets Pub Today is Open Link Night at the pub, so I get to write about anything I want. There are already lots of little green starts coming up from the seeds I planted, and I painted the big rock I dug up from my garden. When Mixing, It’s Important to Know There AreContinue reading “Finished After Water-Proofing Garden Rock”

Me, I Emu

dVerse Poets Pub For today’s Poetics prompt, Sarah invites us to verb animals and use those verbs or verb phrases—like “horsing around” or “pigging out” or our own inventions like “eagle over” or “ant the whole hill”—in our poem. This Animal Kingdom He is always sharking—dead-eyed stare, open mouthfull of sharpnessalways moving—prowlingfor the next morselContinue reading “Me, I Emu”

A Garden Once Begun

dVerse Poets Pub Today’s Form For All prompt is to write a Quatern A Garden Once Begun Today, I finished my gardenOver four days I toiled in soilThe hoe broke through thick roots and rocksAs if last year’s work never was And I dug up such a large rockToday; I finished my gardenIn the sameContinue reading “A Garden Once Begun”

She Says Peculiarity is Orange

For those readers who are wondering where my Reading Novels Like a Novelist (RNLN) post is, those posts are on hold for now. I’m still reading and taking notes on a novel a week, I’m just not into spending the time writing about them right now. We’re having some early summer weather here in theContinue reading “She Says Peculiarity is Orange”