Today is Haibun Monday at dVerse Poets Pub, and today’s prompt is this week’s Super Blue Moon. To Swim or Not Swim to a Super Blue Moon I had planned to swim to the (super blue) moon, following the light through the lake to forever. Something I used to love to do every summer. ButContinue reading “Super Blue Moon”
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Tuned In for a Stream of Consciousness Saturday #SoCS
Today is supposed to be very hot with poor air quality due to smoke. It feels like a good day to stay inside with the blinds drawn and he fan on high for a stream of consciousness Saturday. And I’m in luck! Today’s prompt is “tune.” Tunes for Tuning Out While Tuning In Today isContinue reading “Tuned In for a Stream of Consciousness Saturday #SoCS”
As the Bottle Spins
Today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is “bottle.” The Bottle Spins The perfect summer sunlight filled the empty bottleonce stopped it held a warm vibrating lightthe bottle sat on a shelf like a secret to not tellwaiting for a winter darkness that was right once stopped; it held the warm vibrating lightwhen he reachedContinue reading “As the Bottle Spins”
Not a Pine
Today’s Quadrille (a poem of exactly forty-four words) prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is “pine.” Ever Since I Was Little, I Can’t Help But Call Them Pine I complain about the pine needles insideand raking up the pine conesThey’re not pine, says he, correcting me, firmly, as I stare up at the giant evergreensWe don’tContinue reading “Not a Pine”
Rhetorical devices: Playing with words to be more convincing
Something amazing and surprising happened this summer. My nephew became interested in reading and wanted to read my Gator McBumpypants picture books with me. He then planned out the next ten years of my life with new characters I need to make and write about. I still have the pictures I took in New OrleansContinue reading “Rhetorical devices: Playing with words to be more convincing”
A Positive Transition: It’s the little things
Today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is to write a poem about transition. A Subtle Key Change from Minor to Major though days are stolen by antsthe morning light is enchanting through the sprinklersand chickens ate my barely-growing gardenedible wild mushrooms appeared in the dying yardeverything takes longer than I want it toand theContinue reading “A Positive Transition: It’s the little things”
A Short Poem That Pops
Sorry I was away so long. This summer is turning out to be especially busy. But let’s dive back in with a Quadrille. Today’s prompt over at dVerse Poets Pub is to write a Quadrille (a poem of exactly forty-four words) that includes the word “pop” in some way. Anticipating the Balloon’s Pop Anticipation fillsContinue reading “A Short Poem That Pops”
Proverbial Honey
dVerse Poets Pub For today’s Meet the Bar prompt, Björn introduces us to the work of John Donne and invites us to follow his eighteen line heroic sonnet form. The line about honey in Donne’s poem made me think of a couple Proverbs about honey, so I thought I would rewrite them to fit intoContinue reading “Proverbial Honey”
RNLN #14 The Prophet: Kahlil Gibran’s Exploration of Abstract Nouns
Reading Novels Like a Novelist (RNLN 14) To get back into my abstractions posts, and my reading novels like a novelist (RNLN) posts I thought I’d explore The Prophet as both. I finally read The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, originally published in 1923. The short book had been on my radar for a while, butContinue reading “RNLN #14 The Prophet: Kahlil Gibran’s Exploration of Abstract Nouns”
Finished After Water-Proofing Garden Rock
dVerse Poets Pub Today is Open Link Night at the pub, so I get to write about anything I want. There are already lots of little green starts coming up from the seeds I planted, and I painted the big rock I dug up from my garden. When Mixing, It’s Important to Know There AreContinue reading “Finished After Water-Proofing Garden Rock”
Experience Writing 