This year’s theme for everything I’m doing on Experience Writing is Depth, so for this year’s daily posts in April I’ll be exploring the A-Z of Depth, and writing daily poems for Poetry Month about the A-Z of Depth. The word depth has many different and interesting meanings which I presented in my post “OurContinue reading “The A-Z of Depth”
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I’m Thankful for Some Fun
The new issue of Gold Man Review is now available, and includes my poem “Taste of Temptation.” I really love the cover. That shark fin makes me so happy. Yesterday, at my parents’ house after attending a family friend’s memorial, I glanced through a bookshelf in my childhood bedroom that my parents keep insisting wasContinue reading “I’m Thankful for Some Fun”
Successful Avoidance
These are my responses to the Writober prompt post Sounds of Words: Euphony. OctPoWriMo Fear of Success Each mile reachedonly rolls out anotherlevels climbed reveala higher plateau stars do not shine brightertwinkling echoes of lightsnuffed out long agoThe only way to break the circleto loose the tail from the fangis to never aimor learn toContinue reading “Successful Avoidance”
What We Find in the Dark
Today is Memorial Day, but the weather isn’t cooperating: it’s too cold to enjoy the lake. I had planned to take the day off and post tomorrow instead, but it feels like any other Monday, so here I am. However, it’s not just any other Monday. It’s a special Monday because my niece came toContinue reading “What We Find in the Dark”
The Final Week or Only the Beginning
Today I’m beginning the final week of my portable MFA in poetry. As I read the instructions, she says that after this week I can go back to the beginning and start again. I have to admit, that hadn’t crossed my mind, but sitting here looking at the final week of this two month experience,Continue reading “The Final Week or Only the Beginning”
Diving In or a Step at a Time
This week jumped from a cold and rainy Spring, to a hot and sunny Summer. I took my first dive into the lake, was greeted with an icy bite, and got right back out. Saturday, I took the slow walk down the ramp, but didn’t get all the way in. Which was better? Each hadContinue reading “Diving In or a Step at a Time”
Setting Off On My Road Trip
After looking at everyone’s Reflections posts, I realized that even though I tried to visit everyone’s A to Z posts as much as I could, I missed out on a lot. Now that the rush to get my posts written every day is over, I can spend some time enjoying all the posts written inContinue reading “Setting Off On My Road Trip”
Reflections
Usually for the A to Z Challenge, since I also participate in NaPoWriMo, I choose a type or classification of words. I started with learning new words, then I branched out to musical terms, Janus words, abstract nouns, and contradictory abstract nouns. But this year, I tried something very different. I let my physical collectionContinue reading “Reflections”
Music Lover Poetry
This week I couldn’t resist the Music Lover(assoc. link) magnetic poetry kit. Here’s a poem I wrote with it. The Prompts NaPoWriMo: write a poem that focuses on a single color PAD Challenge: write a trope poem Today’s Poem Bad Guys Who Can’t Aim How do you know whothe bad guy is when they’re allContinue reading “Music Lover Poetry”
A Poem Ponders a Question
The word “question” comes up often in the Nov/Dec 2019 Poets&Writers Magazine. The editor’s note starts with a question, “What is the future of independent publishing?” He writes, “That was the question I asked the eight industry leaders whose answer-essays are featured in this issue’s special section. It was, of course, a rhetorical question. .Continue reading “A Poem Ponders a Question”
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