Mercy I’m finding this study of abstract nouns fascinating. We think we know what these words mean, but the more I study them, the less clear they become. When I dive into their definitions, I always find something surprising. Mercy has a very interesting definition: compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy,Continue reading “The Mixed Mercies of Sleep”
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Oh, What Two Little Letters Can Do
Happiness This morning I was wondering, how is happiness different from other abstract nouns I’ve explored: comfort, joy, or delight? Then I looked up the definition and there they all were: good fortune; pleasure; contentment; joy: delighted, pleased, or glad. So luck was in there too. Though one can be happy about a singular result–aContinue reading “Oh, What Two Little Letters Can Do”
An Impromptu Combination of Combines
Continuing my Sunday visual poetry, I’m abandoning my magnets for a new overlay idea that goes well with today’s homograph “combine.” Combine As you have probably noticed, I like to unite prompts for a common purpose; many prompts join forces to create one poem. I join many ideas into a close union, creating a newContinue reading “An Impromptu Combination of Combines”
#SoCS: Sticks and Stones and Words
Fragility The quality or state of being easily broken, shattered, damaged, or destroyed: delicate; brittle; frail: vulnerably delicate, as in appearance: lacking in substance or force; flimsy: in a weakened physical state; slight; tenuous: fragility comes to everything and everyone at one point or another. I think of thin, brittle, sheer tissue; skeletal frames; looseContinue reading “#SoCS: Sticks and Stones and Words”
Making Delight
Delight This study of abstract nouns through abstract photography brings me extreme pleasure and satisfaction. To capture that delight today, I used my favorite fuzzy fabric as a backdrop, my favorite spiral filter, and used the camera flash in the mirrorworld. Some of the results were surprising and delightful. For Cinco de Mayo at dVerseContinue reading “Making Delight”
Bravely Facing This Stage of Grief
Bravery What is bravery? Courage. What is courage? Bravery. I love this stuff. It is a quality of mind or spirit that allows a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear. Other than military imagery of facing the enemy and facing death, what does bravery look like? How do I capture a qualityContinue reading “Bravely Facing This Stage of Grief”
Reflecting on How to Continue the Abstract Adventure
My Theme For my theme this year, I chose abstract nouns which are words for things that aren’t perceived by the senses, and can’t be physically measured. They are ideas, qualities, or states rather than concrete objects. I chose this theme because I combine the A to Z Challenge with National Poetry Writing Month andContinue reading “Reflecting on How to Continue the Abstract Adventure”
Closing Out All the April Challenges
This Sunday is the first of the month, and all the challenges are over, but I thought I would close with a visual poem guided by a homograph. Close I really enjoy homographs that have different pronunciations. Close can be an adjective or adverb; a noun or verb.Pronounced klohsadjective – near in space or time:Continue reading “Closing Out All the April Challenges”
#SoCS & Day Thirty: Moving On with Zealousness
Zealousness Ardent activity, devotion, or diligence. What is ardent? With great conviction or zeal. I have no idea why I follow circular definitions with such intense emotion; passionately and fervently; such zealousness; I guess that’s something more for me to explore. Here we are at the last day of April: the last day of NationalContinue reading “#SoCS & Day Thirty: Moving On with Zealousness”
Day Twenty-Nine: The Birth of Yearning
Yearning Yearning is a deep longing: a strong, persistent craving or desire accompanied by tenderness or sadness for something unattainable or distant. Thinking about how to represent yearning, I thought about how the other abstract nouns I’ve explored this month are entangled with yearning: Ambition, Goals, Ideas, Needs and Hopes can induce yearning; people yearnContinue reading “Day Twenty-Nine: The Birth of Yearning”
Experience Writing 