The Depths of Our Fears

It’s already April, and at Experience Writing that means it’s time for NaPoWriMo (National (Global) Poetry Writing Month) and the A-Z Challenge. Continuing this year’s theme, I’m writing about the A to Z of Depth. “we suffer more often in imagination than in reality.“—Seneca Fear serves a very important role in our lives. It canContinue reading “The Depths of Our Fears”

Summer Seeds

Today being Sunday, there is no A to Z today. Here is my poem in response to the prompts at NaPoWriMo and Writer’s Digest’s Poem a Day Challenge. Watermelon My whole face puckerstongue out, licking air searching for balancesome release from the sickly sweetgushing after the firstcrisp bite A splash of summertoo pink and stickypittedContinue reading “Summer Seeds”

Exploring Endless Depth

It’s already April, and at Experience Writing that means it’s time for NaPoWriMo (National (Global) Poetry Writing Month) and the A-Z Challenge. This year, I’m looking at the A-Z of Depth. I’ll leave the definitions up for the rest of this week for you to peruse. When I think of endless depth, I think ofContinue reading “Exploring Endless Depth”

An Artist Date Drawing Depth Data

It’s already April, and at Experience Writing that means it’s time for NaPoWriMo (National (Global) Poetry Writing Month) and the A-Z Challenge. This year, I’m looking at the A-Z of Depth. I’ll leave the definitions up for the rest of this week for you to peruse. Today, I’m talking about a specific artist date IContinue reading “An Artist Date Drawing Depth Data”

Depth of Cognitive Complexity

It’s already April, and at Experience Writing that means it’s time for NaPoWriMo (National (Global) Poetry Writing Month) and the A-Z Challenge. This year, I’m looking at the A-Z of Depth. Have certain definitions of depth peaked your interest? When I first typed up all the definitions of depth, I was intrigued by “sounding.” SoundingContinue reading “Depth of Cognitive Complexity”

Deep-seated Belief

It’s already April, and at Experience Writing that means it’s time for NaPoWriMo (National (Global) Poetry Writing Month) and the A-Z Challenge. This year, I’m looking at the A-Z of Depth. Have you started noticing all the different ways depth, deep, and deepen are used? Have you started seeing the words depth, deep, and deepenContinue reading “Deep-seated Belief”

Abstract and Concrete Thinking

Here we are. It’s already April, and at Experience Writing that means it’s time for NaPoWriMo (National (Global) Poetry Writing Month) and the A-Z Challenge. This year, I will be looking at the A-Z of Depth. Here is a chart I made of the meanings of Depth, Deep, and Deepen: As you can see, depthContinue reading “Abstract and Concrete Thinking”

Our Depth Study Gets Meta with Depth & Complexity

While searching “depth” on the internet I came across a teaching tool called “Depth and Complexity.” Why did I title this Our Depth Study Gets Meta? Meta is an adjective meaning self-referencing, as in a book that references itself, or a joke about jokes. What could be more meta than learning about depth using aContinue reading “Our Depth Study Gets Meta with Depth & Complexity”

Find the Joy in Grief and the Hope in Despair

I thought I was exhausted from Writober, but it turned out I just needed the election to be over, or perhaps both. I unplugged yesterday, and didn’t peek at the results until kitty was curled up next to me, I had delicious baked plums to fill my empty belly, and cocoa-coffee to wash it down.Continue reading “Find the Joy in Grief and the Hope in Despair”

November Expectations

Writober Recap This Writober was a huge success. Thank you everyone who participated, linking up their images, poems, and stories. Your work was intriguing, thought provoking, entertaining, and fun. And you kept me inspired to keep working every day. Congratulations to Circe of Baldacchino di Perla, ladyleemanila, Carol anne at Therapy Bits, and A.M. MoscosoContinue reading “November Expectations”