#OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Mother May I. And the poetry form suggested is a Ballad. “Mother May I” makes me think of a domineering, strict mother. Definitely something for a Halloween themed poem. She Keeps Me Digging Refrain: Dig a hole, a deeper hole Oh, Mother, Mother may I? This time I doubt theContinue reading “#Writober Day 15: Mother May I”
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#Writober Day 14: Mother Earth
#OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Mother Earth. Mother earth → Earth mother Mother earth Earth mother Plentiful creator dark and warm deep and cool I rock onto my heels then back to my toes which curl into the dirt I feel her → squishy I feel her → grit I am grounded but will IContinue reading “#Writober Day 14: Mother Earth”
#Writober Day 13: Hugging a tree
#OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Hugging a tree. I took the picture above in an old military cemetery outside of Orting, WA. The giant fir has grown completely around the headstone in an eternal hug. To get the full experience, I went out in the yard and hugged a couple trees. The first was aContinue reading “#Writober Day 13: Hugging a tree”
#Writober Day 12: Shadows
The colors this morning took my breath away. My world was, for a fleeting moment, this beautiful. The image above has not been altered in any way other than cropping. #OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Black. Absorbed Shocking color around the mountain I jump to action must capture the moment the first time I thinkContinue reading “#Writober Day 12: Shadows”
#Writober Day 11: Silence or noise
#OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Silence or noise. I like today’s suggested poetry form Loop poetry. I tried a loop poem, but didn’t like it as much as the free form poem I wrote first. It was inspired by silence or noise, so here’s that one instead. Writing In Silence I write in theContinue reading “#Writober Day 11: Silence or noise”
#Writober 2019 Day 6: Blue
#OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Blue. I liked all the different ways blue is used, especially “bluing the air.” I don’t remember hearing that before. Blue Sidewalk You yelled ’til you were blue in the face while the blue clad woman just won the race and the blues man played his bluest blues without hittingContinue reading “#Writober 2019 Day 6: Blue”
#Writober 2019 Day 5: Doorways
#OctPoWriMo Today’s theme is doorway- open or closed. Bop poetic form Crossing the threshold Inside Flannel pajamas covered in blankets heating pad on my belly alone in thoughtful silence imagining a better world Need a push to cross the threshold Outside People, places, things aspirations and collaborations, beauty, love fresh and new expectations, disappointments, togetherContinue reading “#Writober 2019 Day 5: Doorways”
#Writober 2019 Day 4: Escaping the Cage
#OctPoWriMo Today’s theme “Cage – Pewter, Silver, or Gold” has to do with feeling caged, even in a beautiful, shiny cage. The poetry form Tetractys looks like fun. It is a form of counting syllables that can be used forward and backward. Hem No More Hem inside expecting available Not this time: without respect: IContinue reading “#Writober 2019 Day 4: Escaping the Cage”
#Writober 2019 Day 3: Inside Out
#OctPoWriMo Today’s theme is Womb. I once went to a festival that had a “womb room.” You had to walk through stuffed fabric labia to enter. My Womb The lake is a womb I return to each summer I am reborn #Writober4 The image for Day 3 on the Pinterest board shows a yard flamingoContinue reading “#Writober 2019 Day 3: Inside Out”
#Writober 2019 Day 2: Changeling
#OctPoWriMo Today’s theme is Changeling. I can really related to this theme as I often said I must have been found somewhere as a baby. I did not believe I could have been related ;). I also like the example Minute poetry form. I don’t think I have tried it before. I’ll give it aContinue reading “#Writober 2019 Day 2: Changeling”
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