Yesterday’s poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub celebrated Teachers’ Day in India. Punam challenged us to write a poem about our teacher. New Poem Precocious ~from the Latin praecox meaning early ripening I remember Miss Berniewho saw merecognized the needin a precocious childand supplied a home-made packet of extrawork. Not more reading, not more math,butContinue reading “Teacher Appreciation”
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Descort
Note to poets: I had noticed a lot of strange traffic to my site this last year. The wordpress forums assured me that the little bots constantly visiting my old posts were nothing to worry about and harmless, but that didn’t sit right with me. They had to be doing something. Then I happened toContinue reading “Descort”
It’s ModPo Time
A very quick writer’s life update: Last December I was diagnosed with stage four colorectal cancer and started chemo. I had a mass the size of a football on an ovary (I looked nine months pregnant) and another large one in my colon. The two tumors pushed together and completely blocked my colon in lateContinue reading “It’s ModPo Time”
Paddling Against the Current
Poetry>New Poem 📝This post is in response to the Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub✒️This post contains a new poem that is the property of Maria L. Berg Prompt Today’s prompt from Truedessa for Poetics at dVerse Poets Pub is to write a poem inspired by the poem “The Song by Paddle Sings” by EmilyContinue reading “Paddling Against the Current”
Colored Images
Poetry>New Poem 📝This post is in response to the MTB prompt at dVerse Poets Pub✒️This post contains a new poem that is the property of Maria L. Berg Prompt Today’s prompt from Laura Bloomsbury for Meet the Bar at the dVerse Poets Pub is to write an imagist poem with a color motif. This promptContinue reading “Colored Images”
Late Summer Cinquain
Poetry>New Poem 📝This post is in response to the MTB prompt at dVerse Poets Pub✒️This post contains a new poem that is the property of Maria L. Berg Prompt Today’s prompt from Björn for Meet the Bar at the dVerse Poets Pub is to write a cinquain. A cinquain is a syllabic poem with fiveContinue reading “Late Summer Cinquain”
Breaking Through My Crossroads Block
This year, 2025, at the end of August, is the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. It’s hard for us survivors to believe it has already been that long because we are still affected by it every day. Any survivor of traumatic events knows what anniversaries can do. So please be tender with any K-storm survivorsContinue reading “Breaking Through My Crossroads Block”
Nonets and Octameter
Today, I’m excited to share that I have two poems published at Heron Tree. They are found-poetry nonets. Here’s the link https://herontree.com/berg4-5/ . They’re short and include a quick paragraph about my process. For today’s MTB prompt at dVerse Poets Pub, Laura challenges us to write an Octameter – designed by Shelley A. Cephas inContinue reading “Nonets and Octameter”
The Mixed Mercies of Sleep
Mercy I’m finding this study of abstract nouns fascinating. We think we know what these words mean, but the more I study them, the less clear they become. When I dive into their definitions, I always find something surprising. Mercy has a very interesting definition: compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy,Continue reading “The Mixed Mercies of Sleep”
Always Standing at the Edge: new poem to dVerse poetics prompt
Yesterday at dVerse Poets Pub, Lisa presented an inspiring prompt for poetics. I figured I would rush out a few poems with the prompt “Edges and fringes,” but when I sat down to write, all I came up with were lists of words I wanted to use, nothing more. Today, after some journaling, it cameContinue reading “Always Standing at the Edge: new poem to dVerse poetics prompt”