Turns out today is my Ten Year Anniversary on WordPress, and also my One Year anniversary on 4theWords. I guess I like to start things today. Ten Years feels so monumental. Thank you all for following along on my creative journey. Thank you for reading, liking, commenting and participating in the slightly over 1,000 postsContinue reading “The Itsy Bitsy Spider”
Tag Archives: #OctPoWriMo
Oct. 22 Prompts: Creepy Crawlies
OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Arachnophobia: It was kind of funny during the second week of ModPo during office hours, I found that all the poems were about spiders. For today’s poem, write a response to one of the poems below. You can reply to it in any way you would like. Do you agree withContinue reading “Oct. 22 Prompts: Creepy Crawlies”
Swamp Creatures
If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I’m responding to Hiding in the Swamp. For today’s images I cut an alligator filter and a turtle filter. I also used the cut-outs in the jagged outline filter. Stream of Consciousness Saturday Today, Linda G. Hill’s prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “material.” I thought itContinue reading “Swamp Creatures”
Oct. 21 Prompts: Hiding in the Swamp
The Swamp by Maria L. Berg 2018 OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Fear of Science Run Amok: Write today’s poem as a mad scientist. Your poem may be the formula for your greatest discovery or invention. Your poem may be your manifesto, or your frustrations with limitation, or just the rantings of a mad man. IContinue reading “Oct. 21 Prompts: Hiding in the Swamp”
Lost in the Fog
This morning I searched “Halloween” in my WordPress reader again and found some fun posts. If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I’m responding to In a Thick Fog. For today’s images I tried a few things. First I took pictures outside with the plastic filter from last year, then I tried a piece ofContinue reading “Lost in the Fog”
Oct. 20 Prompts: In a Thick Fog
OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Lost Version One: Write a poem about a time you’ve been lost or felt lost. This could be a fun day to try another spoken poem in a different space. To create a spoken poem, record yourself speaking the poem as it comes to you then copy down what you said,Continue reading “Oct. 20 Prompts: In a Thick Fog”
Always Screaming Inside
This morning I searched “Halloween” in my WordPress reader and found some fun posts. If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I’m responding to Fear of the Screams in the Night. For today’s images to mix things up a bit, I had fun folding origami jack-o-lanterns and took pictures of them screaming. Then I playedContinue reading “Always Screaming Inside”
Oct. 19 Prompts: Screams in the Night
OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Body Horror: Write a poem about the thing or things that scare you about the human body. This could be a fun day to do a spoken poem. To create a spoken poem, record yourself speaking the poem as it comes to you then copy down what you said, and useContinue reading “Oct. 19 Prompts: Screams in the Night”
The Trespassing Undead
If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I’m responding to Fear of the Living Dead Trespasser. For today’s images I cut a zombie silhouette filter, carefully so I could use what I cut out in another filter. When I removed the cut, one hand came off which I thought was very zombie of it. IContinue reading “The Trespassing Undead”
Oct. 18 Prompts: Fear of the Living Dead Trespasser
OctPoWriMo 2023: Facing Our Fears Fear of Trespass: Write your poem in the language of a police report in which the burglar or attacker was supernatural. I highly recommend reading Pasco police officers report DUI arrest in poem form (not supernatural) for inspiration. Here’s a resource on How to Write a Police Report. And here’sContinue reading “Oct. 18 Prompts: Fear of the Living Dead Trespasser”
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