Exploring the Narrative Voice The Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is a great way to introduce the next step in my revision process. Ingrid challenged us to explore Narrative Voice. One of the first things I did in my poem review was look at the point of view and narrative of the poem. ItContinue reading “Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Two: The First Redraft”
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Revising Poetry: Creating a process
A Seed of Hope The seed yet planted has potentialit may be the one to burst into sproutthe tiny green hope watched by the discerning eyenot ignored as the yellow flowers in the garden,the kale gone to seed soon composted to clear the way That quadrille (a poem of 44 words) in response to today’sContinue reading “Revising Poetry: Creating a process”
An Irreplaceable View
Tonight is the Poetry & the Creative Mind Gala. It’s free. The NaPoWriMo prompt for today is to imagine looking through a window, any window, and describing what I see. The PAD prompt is to write an evening poem. Over at the A to Z Challenge they’re playing the Yes Game. My Janus word isContinue reading “An Irreplaceable View”
To Believe or Not Believe in Obscure Sorrows
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is to find inspiration in The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows . Both “sonder” and “occhiolism” made me think of the same thing, so I guess that’s the inspiration. The Poem-a-Day two for Tuesday is: Write a believe poem and/or… Write a don’t believe poem. At the A to Z Challenge they areContinue reading “To Believe or Not Believe in Obscure Sorrows”
From Where I’m Sitting, I Fill Up the Sky
The NaPoWriMo prompt is to write a poem about the meaning of your first or last name. The April PAD prompt is to write a poem inspired by your immediate surroundings. My Janus word for the A to Z Challenge is left.As a past tense verb, it means “to have gone”; as an adjective, itContinue reading “From Where I’m Sitting, I Fill Up the Sky”
Original ideas through playing with opposites
Today at the dVerse Poets Pub, the Poetics prompt is to write an opposite poem. Lisa offered up an amazing video called The Opposites Game from TED Ed that I highly recommend watching. I thought it would be fun to start with one of my own old poems and create its “opposite.” I started withContinue reading “Original ideas through playing with opposites”
A Wine-tinted World
The World through Grape-colored Glasses Peering out my wine windows tinted and cloudedat a swirling landscapeof bitter-sweetsthe view skewedby tannins and corkfloaters amongthe cloudy reveriesshuttering mywine windowsI delvethe cellars deepfor lofty thoughtsand epiphaniesbefore the headykerplunk This poem is a response to today’s Quadrille prompt at dVerse Poets Pub.
April First: And so it begins
It’s the very first day of National Poetry Writing Month and the prompt is to “derange” myself, make the world strange and see it as a stranger. This could tie in nicely with the April PAD Challenge prompt: write an introduction poem. As part of my poem, I could introduce a stranger: create a personaContinue reading “April First: And so it begins”
The laundry mountain: dirty, clean, dirty
Today’s poetics prompt at the dVerse Poets Pub is to write a laundry poem. De Jackson, today’s host, wrote a great example called Spin Cycle. The prompt brought up tons of memories: The cramped laundry room in my childhood home, sorting socks with Mom, the drying closet in Sweden, hand scrubbing in a basin inContinue reading “The laundry mountain: dirty, clean, dirty”
The Cherry Blossoms Starting to Fall
Today is Haibun Monday at dVerse Poets Pub and I found the cherry blossoms prompt timely. I went out to admire the cherry-plum trees in bloom and noticed the grass is already littered with pink. I’m glad Frank inspired me to spend some time admiring the pink against the sky before it is gone. EmergingContinue reading “The Cherry Blossoms Starting to Fall”
Experience Writing 