Yesterday was such a fun start. I really enjoyed the poems and images you linked up. If you didn’t get a chance to join in yesterday, it’s never too late to join in. I’m glad you’re here. OctPoWriMo 2023: Facing Our Fears Do you have rituals to get you in a writing frame of mind?Continue reading “Oct. 2 Prompts: What are Your Creative Rituals?”
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Welcome to October Day 1: Prompts to Put Us in a Spooky Mood
Here we are. It’s the first day of October. Thank you for joining me. I’ve provided prompts for poetry, fiction, and photography. I like to use all of these prompts to inform each other in a daily poem, flash fiction story, and photo shoot, but you are welcome to use them in any way thatContinue reading “Welcome to October Day 1: Prompts to Put Us in a Spooky Mood”
My Halloween Horror Movie
There’s a fun prompt over at Poetic Bloomings today. Prompt #357 is Featured Presentation: choose a Halloween movie as a title or make up a Halloween movie title of your own as the title of a poem. The Gathering We savor our horrorespecially this time of yearto experience fearsvicariously in dark safetyto shiver and quiverwhileContinue reading “My Halloween Horror Movie”
October 31: Happy Halloween!! #OctPoWriMo #Writober and #NanoPrep
OctPoWriMo It’s the last day of OctPoWriMo. Thank you, Morgan Dragonwillow, for hosting and for your inspiring prompts. Thank you to everyone who participated for your camaraderie and sharing your poetry. It was a productive and creative month. I’m very excited about finally making the step in my exploration of klecksography to draw on myContinue reading “October 31: Happy Halloween!! #OctPoWriMo #Writober and #NanoPrep”
October 30: I am . . . #OctPoWriMo #Writober
Last night, I framed one of my fabricglass pieces. It was so nice to wake up to the sun shining through it. OctPoWriMo Spotlight Poem from OctPoWriMo Day 29 I enjoyed the imagery in Rallentanda’s poem Poetry prompt Today’s OctPoWriMo prompt is I am . . . Layered I am a filtera sponge, a seaContinue reading “October 30: I am . . . #OctPoWriMo #Writober”
October 29: Exploring the Tracks #OctPoWriMo #Writober
Today’s prompt inspired a new bokeh filter and photography project. I used wire and tape to create “tracks” on a square-cut bokeh filter. Then I put lights over paintings in my office to put those tracks into and through spaces where no tracks had been before. OctPoWriMo Spotlight Poem from OctPoWriMo Day 28 Sci-Fi FableContinue reading “October 29: Exploring the Tracks #OctPoWriMo #Writober”
October 28: Choices Along the Journey #OctPoWriMo #Writober
OctPoWriMo Read for inspiration and craft Today I received my copy of Emporium by Aditi Machado (amazon associate link) Winner of the 2019 James Laughlin Award, so I thought I would recommend reading some of her poems. Recommended poem: Four poems by Aditi Machado Online journal: Conjunctions Spotlight Poem from OctPoWriMo Day 27 Magic SpellsContinue reading “October 28: Choices Along the Journey #OctPoWriMo #Writober”
October 27: A Magical Night #OctPoWriMo #Writober
OctPoWriMo Poetry prompt Today’s OctPoWriMo prompt is Magical Halloween Forms Terzanelle or Decuain When the veil is thinnest yearning for powerover fear of the unknownchant into the night ancient recipesto command earth’s forcesand fight the unseen something from nothingsymbols of knowledge revealthe boundary torn Writober For today’s visual prompt, I chose this image by AntonContinue reading “October 27: A Magical Night #OctPoWriMo #Writober”
October 26: Tappswave Poetry Form #OctPoWriMo #Writober
OctPoWriMo Read for inspiration and craft Recommended poem: Five Poems by Carolyn Forché Online journal: World Literature Today Poetry prompt Today’s OctPoWriMo prompt is What makes me different? Forms Yesterday, we were challenged to create our own form. I got a start on it, but needed more time to play around with my ideas. IContinue reading “October 26: Tappswave Poetry Form #OctPoWriMo #Writober”
October 25: Breaking the Rules #OctPoWriMo #Writober and #NanoPrep
Since I finally got started drawing on my inkblots, I continued and made this two-headed gator creature. OctPoWriMo Read for inspiration and craft Recommended poem: An Approach by Roger Lewinter Online journal: BOMB Magazine Spotlight Poem from OctPoWriMo Day 24 Anxiety by cieI liked how the two Joseph’s stars fit together to tell the challengeContinue reading “October 25: Breaking the Rules #OctPoWriMo #Writober and #NanoPrep”
Experience Writing 