Hi everyone! Sorry I checked out for a bit, but summer hit hard, and I had some adjusting to do. The fourth of July was huge this year with my niece turning eighteen. Our fourth of July baby is going off to college. Oh, the changes keep coming. I turned the fireworks into tigers thisContinue reading “Read Broadly, and Not As You Are Told”
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Exciting News!! Deadly Again This Summer is out today!
Deadly Again This Summer is a story I wrote as an exploration of why young, athletic people drown in the lake each summer. It is a modern-day fairy tale in that it’s a cautionary tale of magical realism. This story is very close to my heart and I’m so excited that Z Publishing chose it forContinue reading “Exciting News!! Deadly Again This Summer is out today!”
Z is for zeugma- Poems: Dive in, Creative and Zeugma
Today’s new word: zeugma n. Grammar, Rhetoric. the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way, as in to wage war and peace or On his fishing trip, he caught three troutContinue reading “Z is for zeugma- Poems: Dive in, Creative and Zeugma”
Y is for yapok- Poem: Hagridden Again
Today’s new word: yapok n. a semi-aquatic opossum of Central and South America also known as the water opossum. The only living marsupial in which both sexes have pouches. National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Write a poem that meditates, from a position of tranquility, on an emotion you have felt powerfully. Writer’s Digest April PADContinue reading “Y is for yapok- Poem: Hagridden Again”
X is for xenium- Poem: Inward and Outward
Today’s new word: xenium (plural xenia) n. a present, gift, especially one for a host or vice-versa. a compulsory gift. National Poetry Writing Month prompt: “Remix” a Shakespearean sonnet. Here’s all of Shakespeare’s sonnets. You can pick a line you like and use it as the genesis for a new poem. Or make a “wordContinue reading “X is for xenium- Poem: Inward and Outward”
W is for wamble- Poem: You Come in the Evening
Today’s new word: wamble v. 1. to move unsteadily. 2. to feel nausea. 3. (of the stomach) to rumble; growl. n. 1. an unsteady or rolling movement. 2. a feeling of nausea. National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Write a poem that uses repetition. You can repeat a word, or phrase. You can even repeat anContinue reading “W is for wamble- Poem: You Come in the Evening”
V is for green: virid, verdant, veridian, verdigris, verdure, vert Poem: Verdant Exile
Today’s new word: There are so many great V words. I may have some fun today along the lines of Margaret Atwood’s A Trio of Tolerable Tales and THE SESAME STREET LIBRARY and write a story about Vesicant Veronica’s vitriolic vitrifaction or Vespoid Vernon’s vespiary. For the present poetry purposes, however, I’ve stuck toContinue reading “V is for green: virid, verdant, veridian, verdigris, verdure, vert Poem: Verdant Exile”
U is for ultradian- Poem: Complete SCAMPER
Today’s new word: ultradian adj. Physiology (of a rhythm or cycle) having a period of recurrence shorter than a day but longer than an hour. National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Write a poem that, like “Dictionary Illustrations,” is inspired by a reference book. Locate a dictionary, thesaurus, or encyclopedia, open it at random, and considerContinue reading “U is for ultradian- Poem: Complete SCAMPER”
T is for taboret- Poem: Future Fangs
Today’s new word: taboret (tabouret) n. 1. a low seat without back or arms, for one person; stool. 2. a frame for embroidery. 3. a small, usually portable stand, cabinet, or chest of drawers, as for holding work supplies. National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Write a poem about an animal. Writer’s Digest April PAD (poemContinue reading “T is for taboret- Poem: Future Fangs”
S is for salvific- Poem: Correspondence
Today’s new word: salvific adj. Having the intention or power to bring about salvation or redemption. National Poetry Writing Month prompt: Write a poem that engages with another art form – it might be about a friend of yours who paints or sculpts, your high school struggles with learning to play the French horn, orContinue reading “S is for salvific- Poem: Correspondence”
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