When I read The Tradition by Jericho Brown, I was drawn to his duplex poems. I was fascinated by how slight changes in the repetition of a line could completely change and deepen the meaning of both lines. Inspired by Peter’s prompt at dVerse Poets Pub to attempt a circular poem, I thought I wouldContinue reading “Playing in the Duplex”
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Squares in Motion
Today’s Poetics challenge at the dVerse Poets Pub is to write an ekphrastic poem. I chose Laura’s third option and began my poem based on the title of an image by an artist I wasn’t familiar with, Bridget Riley, before I looked at the piece. Then I looked at the piece and finished the poem.Continue reading “Squares in Motion”
The hummingbird is a close relative of the swift, but a swift can also be a lizard or a reel for winding thread.
Today at the dVerse Poetry Pub the Quadrille prompt is “swift.” Because I had been bird watching this morning, I thought I would give this 44 word poem a try. Then I started looking at swift’s definitions and synonyms (like I do) and found the noun definitions very interesting. The birds that are called swiftsContinue reading “The hummingbird is a close relative of the swift, but a swift can also be a lizard or a reel for winding thread.”
Always Standing at the Edge: new poem to dVerse poetics prompt
Yesterday at dVerse Poets Pub, Lisa presented an inspiring prompt for poetics. I figured I would rush out a few poems with the prompt “Edges and fringes,” but when I sat down to write, all I came up with were lists of words I wanted to use, nothing more. Today, after some journaling, it cameContinue reading “Always Standing at the Edge: new poem to dVerse poetics prompt”
Using paint names in poetry: Being Green
Just yesterday, I was exploring online paint chip collections–specifically Sherwin-Williams and Dunn-Edwards–in response to a paint chip poetry prompt. Then this morning, I took a look at the dVerse Poets Pub Poetics prompt from yesterday and it is to write a poem from the point of view of a color. It feels meant to be,Continue reading “Using paint names in poetry: Being Green”
Fungi poetry: such a great prompt!
Today’s Tuesday Poetics prompt at the dVerse Poets Pub is all about fungi. Mushroom poems–and I was just looking at Alice in Wonderland images. I had so many ideas while reading the prompt poems. Here goes: Fungous Circle My Swedish Mom took me mushroom huntingspecifically for chanterelles, small orange ruffles hiding among the stones andContinue reading “Fungi poetry: such a great prompt!”
#NaPoWriMo Day 16: Effusive Praise for The Last Swim of the Summer
A to Z Challenge natural – The natural symbol alters the pitch of the note to which it is attached as well as any subsequent occurrence of the same note (identical line or space) in the same measure. A symbol placed by a note signifying that the note should be played unaltered as opposed toContinue reading “#NaPoWriMo Day 16: Effusive Praise for The Last Swim of the Summer”
dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille: earth
Today’s prompt for the dVerse Poets Quadrille is the word earth. Cruel Dance Your roots, deep veins in dark earth smell of heat and safety Clinging sweet on savory Luscious minerals necessary for Life on earth our feet stabilize during the eternal push and pull of gravity’s cruel dance The earth leaves its mark uponContinue reading “dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille: earth”
dVerse Poets Quadrille: Stacked Boxes
Today is Quadrille Monday over at the dVerse Poets Pub and De Jackson served up the word: box. Stacked Boxes Stacking larger boxes on small boxes A heavy head bobbles upon a lilting middle, teetering on a poor foundation Functioning intelligence, serpentine systems based on a corrupted piece of code The hypocrisy covers liesContinue reading “dVerse Poets Quadrille: Stacked Boxes”
dVerse Haibun Monday: Compassion
I want to say THANK YOU for this prompt for dVerse Monday Haibun. It is so easy to feel like I shouldn’t forgive because no one else shows compassion, or responds in kind, but that’s the wrong way to look. A friend of mine helped me see that even when I want to give upContinue reading “dVerse Haibun Monday: Compassion”
Experience Writing 