In The Literary Life section of the Sept/Oct 2019 Poets&Writers Magazine, Steve Almond wrote an article called “Manuals for Living: What Our Favorite Novels Teach Us About Ourselves. He says he rereads Stoner (assoc link) by John Williams (1965) “an alarming percentage of his time.” In the article he writes, “And so I read theContinue reading “Poetry’s Power of Perspective & a Pantoum”
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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”
Welcome to October Day 1: Prompts to Put Us in a Spooky Mood
Here we are. It’s the first day of October. Thank you for joining me. I’ve provided prompts for poetry, fiction, and photography. I like to use all of these prompts to inform each other in a daily poem, flash fiction story, and photo shoot, but you are welcome to use them in any way thatContinue reading “Welcome to October Day 1: Prompts to Put Us in a Spooky Mood”
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”
#Writober Day 28: Mending the broken places
#OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Mending the broken places. The suggested form, Pantoum, looks interesting. Mending is only temporary Pierced, torn, unraveling forms a hole Reunite them with needle and thread The fabric can never again be whole This tear requires a tight zigzag instead Reunite them with needle and thread When left too longContinue reading “#Writober Day 28: Mending the broken places”
Experience Writing 