#OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is purple. The suggested form is Villanelle. I spent the morning pulling out some purple and it turns out purple in my life is related to Mardi Gras and costuming. Purple is feathers and trims and fancy fabrics, costumes and parties, but purple is also mystery and the sky before aContinue reading “#Writober Day 19: Purple”
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#Writober Day 18: The first time you were disappointed
#OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is The first time you were disappointed. Life’s disappointments come early I got too big too big for the carrier on a hike too big for the seat on the back of her bike too big to be carried asleep from the car too big to play airplane or horsey orContinue reading “#Writober Day 18: The first time you were disappointed”
#Writober Day 17: Family
#OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Family and the suggested form is Kyrielle. Unbreakable Bond Whether of birth or of choosing Family supports and they care Bonds there is no risk of losing When nothing is left, they are there There may be strain and confusion Misunderstandings and anger Patience will bring a reunion When nothing isContinue reading “#Writober Day 17: Family”
#Writober Day 16: Father Time
#OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Father Time and the suggested form is Blitz. I have enjoyed the blitz for in the past and Morgan’s right, it does have a bit of a running out of time, ticking clock feel to it. Let’s see what happens when I put some time into it. 😉 Time To TimeContinue reading “#Writober Day 16: Father Time”
#Writober Day 15: Mother May I
#OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Mother May I. And the poetry form suggested is a Ballad. “Mother May I” makes me think of a domineering, strict mother. Definitely something for a Halloween themed poem. She Keeps Me Digging Refrain: Dig a hole, a deeper hole Oh, Mother, Mother may I? This time I doubt theContinue reading “#Writober Day 15: Mother May I”
#Writober Day 14: Mother Earth
#OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Mother Earth. Mother earth → Earth mother Mother earth Earth mother Plentiful creator dark and warm deep and cool I rock onto my heels then back to my toes which curl into the dirt I feel her → squishy I feel her → grit I am grounded but will IContinue reading “#Writober Day 14: Mother Earth”
#Writober Day 13: Hugging a tree
#OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Hugging a tree. I took the picture above in an old military cemetery outside of Orting, WA. The giant fir has grown completely around the headstone in an eternal hug. To get the full experience, I went out in the yard and hugged a couple trees. The first was aContinue reading “#Writober Day 13: Hugging a tree”
#Writober Day 12: Shadows
The colors this morning took my breath away. My world was, for a fleeting moment, this beautiful. The image above has not been altered in any way other than cropping. #OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Black. Absorbed Shocking color around the mountain I jump to action must capture the moment the first time I thinkContinue reading “#Writober Day 12: Shadows”
#Writober Day 11: Silence or noise
#OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Silence or noise. I like today’s suggested poetry form Loop poetry. I tried a loop poem, but didn’t like it as much as the free form poem I wrote first. It was inspired by silence or noise, so here’s that one instead. Writing In Silence I write in theContinue reading “#Writober Day 11: Silence or noise”
#Writober 2019 Day 10: Touch
#OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Touch. Today was my first prompt for OctPoWriMo. I hope it inspired. I wrote a post about touch back when I started this blog and did a series on exploring the senses. Here are a couple exercises I created to explore touch, if you’re interested in exploring your senses forContinue reading “#Writober 2019 Day 10: Touch”
Experience Writing 