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Rituals to Face Today

For today’s images, I played with the trope of the hooded figure performing rituals (and it gave me an excuse to pull out my pretty cape I made a long time ago for a Death costume). OctPoWriMo Last time I was in New Orleans, I found a book called Gumbo Ya-Ya: A Collection of LouisianaContinue reading “Rituals to Face Today”

In a Spooky Mood

Happy first day of October! I hope you’re enjoying jumping in to all of this month’s fun blogging challenges. I woke up while it was still dark and went out with my camera to enjoy the spooky moonlight. I really enjoyed the results of using the “Night Scene” setting in my Sony alpha-58 to captureContinue reading “In a Spooky Mood”

Join Me for Fun October Creative Challenges

October is almost here which means it’s time for OctPoWriMo, Writober, and a Halloween Photography Challenge. I love using these challenges to get me into a Halloween mood all month long. This year it looks like I’ll be providing the prompts for all three challenges, so I’ll schedule prompt posts to be up just afterContinue reading “Join Me for Fun October Creative Challenges”

Equal Parts Sunflower and Fireplace

Today’s prompt for Haibun Monday at dVerse poets pub is Equinox. Burning Brightly In the morning I entered my garden curious to see if the tiny acorn squash had grown, but I couldn’t tell. I picked two small cucumbers, and then saw her bright yellow head held high on her skinny stalk. The first sunflowerContinue reading “Equal Parts Sunflower and Fireplace”

Visual Music

Today’s form prompt provided by Grace at dVerse Poets Pub is the Flamenca. “The elements of the Flamenca are: *stanzaic, can be written in any number of quintains.*syllabic, 6-6-5-6-6 syllables per line to imitate the rapid click of the heels of a dancer.*Line 2 and Line 5 assonate. (same vowel sounds) “ Here’s my firstContinue reading “Visual Music”

Autumn’s Second Spring

Today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub from Melissa Lemay has a form option called “The Fold” by Gillena Cox, and an extensive list of autumn words to Fold into Autumn. The prompt is: write a poem incorporating autumn, folding in some autumn words from the list provided below (at end of post), or whateverContinue reading “Autumn’s Second Spring”

Violent Nature

Today’s prompt for Quadrille Monday at dVerse Poets Pub is “Smash.” Violent Nature And Smash! The glass shatters,a smattering of cracks and littering smithereensFear seeps in and smuggles safety out betweeninto the darkest nightSmiter of electric light,the wind howls triumphantShe imagines his smug smileas he leaves smudgeson the walls

The Sign That Opened My Ears

The Poetics prompt today at dVerse Poets Pub is about signs. We had three choices: a) recall an experience you’ve had where you’ve asked for a sign, or came upon a sign unasked-for, and interpreted it and write a poem about the experience, preferably in first person. b) do some research and find a myth,Continue reading “The Sign That Opened My Ears”

Tiny Little Slivers

Today’s prompt for Quadrille (a poem of exactly forty-four words) Monday at dVerse Poets Pub is “sliver.” Tiny Little Slivers summer barefoot joyrunning on docks and decksoften leaves a tiny sliver the smallest almost invisible splinter deep under the skin creating a stabbing painto the touchsharp and lingeringlike the stabin the backslivering its wayto theContinue reading “Tiny Little Slivers”