For today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub, Merril invites us to write a poem about boats or boating. Inspired by the prompt, I cut a filter with a section of an oval and a triangle and took pictures of clear string lights in front of the fireplace. Front, Back Depends on the Boat AtContinue reading “Poetry as a Boat”
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The Thoughts of Christmas Animals Around the World
Today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub inspired me to try two animal shape filters I haven’t made before. The penguin and the kangaroo. The poetry prompt is to write from the perspective of animals that have been linked with Christmas but don’t really have anything to do with it. This Kangaroo’s Christmas Hullabaloo HeContinue reading “The Thoughts of Christmas Animals Around the World”
The Review of Resolution
Today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is about resolutions. Every year about this time is when New Year’s resolutions fizzle and dissolve, then are forgotten. Last year, I was completely determined to change my behaviors: I read everything about habits, goals, and motivation; I attended an online conference on having my best year; IContinue reading “The Review of Resolution”
Original ideas through playing with opposites
Today at the dVerse Poets Pub, the Poetics prompt is to write an opposite poem. Lisa offered up an amazing video called The Opposites Game from TED Ed that I highly recommend watching. I thought it would be fun to start with one of my own old poems and create its “opposite.” I started withContinue reading “Original ideas through playing with opposites”
Experience Writing 