The World through Grape-colored Glasses Peering out my wine windows tinted and cloudedat a swirling landscapeof bitter-sweetsthe view skewedby tannins and corkfloaters amongthe cloudy reveriesshuttering mywine windowsI delvethe cellars deepfor lofty thoughtsand epiphaniesbefore the headykerplunk This poem is a response to today’s Quadrille prompt at dVerse Poets Pub.
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Heightened Senses
The prompt for NaPoWriMo is a form prompt called “The Shapes a Bright Container Can Contain.” We are to emulate a poems shape/line lengths and use the same first letter of each line. Over at the A to Z challenge there is a dice game of challenges and rewards. I’m enjoying their theme this year.Continue reading “Heightened Senses”
Liminal Imagery
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is to choose an image from @SpaceLiminalBot to inspire a poem. PAD Challenge: Write an active poem Self-fulfilling All of the shelves are emptythe end is near nothing left to read herethe end is near the light blotches in the blue carpetlead the eye to the liner left in the trash canContinue reading “Liminal Imagery”
Shuffling my deck
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt includes some arts and crafts. We are challenged to create a “Personal Universal Deck” of words, then use some in a poem. I also listened to an audio recording of Michael McClure giving a lecture explaining the deck. Sadly, it ends right before he’s going to discuss things that can be doneContinue reading “Shuffling my deck”
#NaPoWriMo Day 2: A Different Choice
The NaPoWriMo prompt this morning is to explore a road not taken. What would have happened if I made a different choice. The PAD Challenge prompt is “What will the future hold?” Over at A to Z they’re challenging writers to make bets with ourselves. I bet I can read and leave comments on fiveContinue reading “#NaPoWriMo Day 2: A Different Choice”
April First: And so it begins
It’s the very first day of National Poetry Writing Month and the prompt is to “derange” myself, make the world strange and see it as a stranger. This could tie in nicely with the April PAD Challenge prompt: write an introduction poem. As part of my poem, I could introduce a stranger: create a personaContinue reading “April First: And so it begins”
April’s Blogging A to Z challenge: contronyms, antagonyms, or auto-antonyms. Oh, my!
April is almost here! My days are flying by too quickly. Yesterday, I signed up for the blogging A to Z challenge. This will be my fourth year combining National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo) with the blogging A to Z challenge. I enjoy how the poetry prompts and the words I choose for the challengeContinue reading “April’s Blogging A to Z challenge: contronyms, antagonyms, or auto-antonyms. Oh, my!”
October 31: Happy Halloween!! #OctPoWriMo #Writober and #NanoPrep
OctPoWriMo It’s the last day of OctPoWriMo. Thank you, Morgan Dragonwillow, for hosting and for your inspiring prompts. Thank you to everyone who participated for your camaraderie and sharing your poetry. It was a productive and creative month. I’m very excited about finally making the step in my exploration of klecksography to draw on myContinue reading “October 31: Happy Halloween!! #OctPoWriMo #Writober and #NanoPrep”
October 30: I am . . . #OctPoWriMo #Writober
Last night, I framed one of my fabricglass pieces. It was so nice to wake up to the sun shining through it. OctPoWriMo Spotlight Poem from OctPoWriMo Day 29 I enjoyed the imagery in Rallentanda’s poem Poetry prompt Today’s OctPoWriMo prompt is I am . . . Layered I am a filtera sponge, a seaContinue reading “October 30: I am . . . #OctPoWriMo #Writober”
October 29: Exploring the Tracks #OctPoWriMo #Writober
Today’s prompt inspired a new bokeh filter and photography project. I used wire and tape to create “tracks” on a square-cut bokeh filter. Then I put lights over paintings in my office to put those tracks into and through spaces where no tracks had been before. OctPoWriMo Spotlight Poem from OctPoWriMo Day 28 Sci-Fi FableContinue reading “October 29: Exploring the Tracks #OctPoWriMo #Writober”
Experience Writing 