Welcome back for the third day of Writober. Today, all our prompts will continue to explore the universal fear of Ego death: the loss of subjective self-identity by looking at shame. “According to philosopher Hilge Landweer of the Free University of Berlin, certain conditions must come together for someone to feel shame. Notably, the personContinue reading “Sounds of Words: Assonance & Consonance”
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Embarrassment Happens
These are my responses to the Writober Day 2 prompts in Sounds of Words: Stress and Duration. OctPoWriMo I’m a little embarrassed that I didn’t present metric feet as clearly as I could this morning. While putting my words in my Excel Spreadsheet, I realized that I told you to count syllables in a line andContinue reading “Embarrassment Happens”
Sounds of Words: Stress and Duration
Welcome back for the second day of Writober. How did it go yesterday? Feeling inspired? Don’t forget to put your links in the chat to share what you wrote and made. Today, all our prompts will continue to explore the universal fear of Ego death: the loss of subjective self-identity by looking at embarrassment. EmbarrassmentContinue reading “Sounds of Words: Stress and Duration”
Haunted by Ego Death
OctPoWriMo Today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is to write a poem about Harvest or Haunting, or a Haunted Harvest. Let’s see if I can fit that in with the prompt from the first day of Writober post Letters: Symbols of Sound. Four of the ten words in my word list started with “s,”Continue reading “Haunted by Ego Death”
Letters: Symbols of Sound
Welcome to the first day of Writober. Today, all our prompts will start to explore the universal fear of Ego death: the loss of subjective self-identity. The fear of Ego Death encompasses all the fears of damage to one’s ego, one’s pride, such as embarrassment, shame, fear of failure, fear of success, and the feelingContinue reading “Letters: Symbols of Sound”
👻💀Happy Halloween! 🎃🦇
If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I am responding to the prompts from Show Off Your Costumes. For today’s image prompt I thought it would be fun to have a “Costume Contest” of the photographs I took this month in response to the prompts. The photos on this page are my three favorites. OctPoWriMoContinue reading “👻💀Happy Halloween! 🎃🦇”
Oct. 31 Prompts: Show Off Your Costumes
HAPPY HaLLoWEEN!! It’s here. IT’S HERE! All our fun has built to this one last poem, one last flash, one last Halloween photo shoot and then Halloween will turn into November. OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Let’s end with the prompt I wrote as a warm up, “You Don’t Frighten Me.” If you tried it theContinue reading “Oct. 31 Prompts: Show Off Your Costumes”
Hunting Ghost Cats
If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I am responding to the prompts from Beware the Cat. For today’s images, I jumped out of bed and put on my thermals to hunt ghost cats in my Halloween lights before dawn. It was a little foggy near the street and frost sparkled on the pavement, butContinue reading “Hunting Ghost Cats”
Oct. 30 Prompts: Beware the Cat
Here we are at the penultimate prompt post. How is everyone feeling? Sad it’s ending; relieved it’s over, excited by all the creativity and wanting more? I’m feeling all of those things. I’m glad I took on hosting all three challenges. I love them all. Next year, I’ll (hopefully) be more prepared. I appreciate everyContinue reading “Oct. 30 Prompts: Beware the Cat”
Decorating for the Halloween Party
If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I am responding to the prompts from Halloween Party. For today’s Photo Challenge prompt “Party” I spent my morning setting up all my lights outside for Halloween with my light up ghosts, and skull and hands coming out of the ground. I put the scary skulls door coverContinue reading “Decorating for the Halloween Party”
Experience Writing 