Today’s prompt for Haibun Monday at dVerse poets pub is Equinox. Burning Brightly In the morning I entered my garden curious to see if the tiny acorn squash had grown, but I couldn’t tell. I picked two small cucumbers, and then saw her bright yellow head held high on her skinny stalk. The first sunflowerContinue reading “Equal Parts Sunflower and Fireplace”
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Visual Music
Today’s form prompt provided by Grace at dVerse Poets Pub is the Flamenca. “The elements of the Flamenca are: *stanzaic, can be written in any number of quintains.*syllabic, 6-6-5-6-6 syllables per line to imitate the rapid click of the heels of a dancer.*Line 2 and Line 5 assonate. (same vowel sounds) “ Here’s my firstContinue reading “Visual Music”
Autumn’s Second Spring
Today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub from Melissa Lemay has a form option called “The Fold” by Gillena Cox, and an extensive list of autumn words to Fold into Autumn. The prompt is: write a poem incorporating autumn, folding in some autumn words from the list provided below (at end of post), or whateverContinue reading “Autumn’s Second Spring”
Violent Nature
Today’s prompt for Quadrille Monday at dVerse Poets Pub is “Smash.” Violent Nature And Smash! The glass shatters,a smattering of cracks and littering smithereensFear seeps in and smuggles safety out betweeninto the darkest nightSmiter of electric light,the wind howls triumphantShe imagines his smug smileas he leaves smudgeson the walls
The Sign That Opened My Ears
The Poetics prompt today at dVerse Poets Pub is about signs. We had three choices: a) recall an experience you’ve had where you’ve asked for a sign, or came upon a sign unasked-for, and interpreted it and write a poem about the experience, preferably in first person. b) do some research and find a myth,Continue reading “The Sign That Opened My Ears”
Tiny Little Slivers
Today’s prompt for Quadrille (a poem of exactly forty-four words) Monday at dVerse Poets Pub is “sliver.” Tiny Little Slivers summer barefoot joyrunning on docks and decksoften leaves a tiny sliver the smallest almost invisible splinter deep under the skin creating a stabbing painto the touchsharp and lingeringlike the stabin the backslivering its wayto theContinue reading “Tiny Little Slivers”
Super Blue Moon
Today is Haibun Monday at dVerse Poets Pub, and today’s prompt is this week’s Super Blue Moon. To Swim or Not Swim to a Super Blue Moon I had planned to swim to the (super blue) moon, following the light through the lake to forever. Something I used to love to do every summer. ButContinue reading “Super Blue Moon”
As the Bottle Spins
Today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is “bottle.” The Bottle Spins The perfect summer sunlight filled the empty bottleonce stopped it held a warm vibrating lightthe bottle sat on a shelf like a secret to not tellwaiting for a winter darkness that was right once stopped; it held the warm vibrating lightwhen he reachedContinue reading “As the Bottle Spins”
Not a Pine
Today’s Quadrille (a poem of exactly forty-four words) prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is “pine.” Ever Since I Was Little, I Can’t Help But Call Them Pine I complain about the pine needles insideand raking up the pine conesThey’re not pine, says he, correcting me, firmly, as I stare up at the giant evergreensWe don’tContinue reading “Not a Pine”
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”
Experience Writing 