I found this month’s prompt Rest, Sleep and Hibernation very inspiring, and I’m excited to share my finished multi-media video. I really enjoyed how the stills and video fit with the sounds I collected and arranged. And it was fun to put my poem in the fire. I hope you find this relaxing and restful.
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#2021picoftheweek: An Open Book
For Of Maria Antonia’s Photo Challenge #50: An Open Book. I have seen this shot many times, but not tried it. This prompt inspired me to give it a go.
My Consciousness Streams on Day 2: #OctPoWriMo #Writober #SoSC
Though today is Day 2 of OctPoWriMo and Writober, it’s also Stream of Consciousness Saturday, so I thought I would start the day with some thoughts on “inspire/aspire/expire.” Unedited Stream of Consciousness At first I thought of the note I made yesterday about surrender: hope/disappointment/death and it fits. After looking up the words and findingContinue reading “My Consciousness Streams on Day 2: #OctPoWriMo #Writober #SoSC”
September’s Changing Focus Blog Challenge: Reflections
Last month I was excited to find the Changing Focus Blog Challenge, because I’m always looking for ways that my talents and creativity can work together, and a multimedia project around a theme each month felt like just the thing for me. I came up with, and executed, my Pathways response in two weeks. IContinue reading “September’s Changing Focus Blog Challenge: Reflections”
Pathways: a video, music, and poetry project
Update 9/2/2021: After enjoying all the oral poetry for the Poetics prompt this week, I thought the poets of dVerse Poets Pub might enjoy this for Open Link Night. I hope you will check out today’s special guest post from Jacob M. Appel on revision as well. Here it is! My response to wRightingMyLife’s ChangingContinue reading “Pathways: a video, music, and poetry project”
A Lucky Stream of Consciousness
This year’s Writer’s Games are over. I’m happy to say that one of my stories placed third in its event, so it will be published in the anthology. My first publication this year. Woohoo! This is the first Saturday I’m not working on a story, and am excited to have a Stream of Consciousness Saturday.Continue reading “A Lucky Stream of Consciousness”
Fun With Mirrors
The Dverse Poets Pub’s challenge today is to try the Mirrored Refrain form created by Stephanie Repnyek. It looks like a fun challenge of rhyme and repetition. Here goes: A Needed Rest Fireflies’ sparks among the murmur,relief within the monotonous slop,illuminate the eighth-note rest,thrust of syncopation, surprise stop. A small puncture to the drone,the pointContinue reading “Fun With Mirrors”
Great Balls of Fire! A getaway pegacorn happens!
Last week I found two Sunday writing prompts. Let’s see what they have for me today: Poetic Bloomings‘ PROMPT #334 is “It Happens” and Mindlovesmisery’s Menagerie‘s Sunday Writing Prompt is “Great Balls of Fire” I thought I would combine the prompts and was mid-freewrite with the ideas, but then something happened. 🙂 Flying Free onContinue reading “Great Balls of Fire! A getaway pegacorn happens!”
Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Five: New Redrafting Ideas
The dVerse Poets Pub prompt for Poetics is Blue Tuesday. Sarah challenges us to write Blue poems which gave me an idea for another redraft, “Put a color on it.” This a great way to think about revising to emotion as well. When you’ve identified the mood and emotion you want your poem to convey,Continue reading “Revising Poetry-a Demonstration Part Five: New Redrafting Ideas”
Happy May Day
I did it! I made it through April with over thirty new poems posted, inspired by NaPoWriMo and the Poem-a-Day Challenge. Congratulations to everyone who met these challenges. It was very fun to see the winners posted for last November’s Poem-a-Day Chapbook challenge. Congratulations De Jackson! At the A to Z Challenge there’s an after-challengeContinue reading “Happy May Day”
Experience Writing 