These are my responses to the Writober prompt post Sounds of Words: Onomatopoeia. OctPoWriMo Imposter It’s your smile, but not your smellyour legs, but not your liltyour hands, but not your holdingcallouses caress contours incorrectlyand your countenanceyour countenance is clumsy It can mimic your voicebut clicks clip calm courtesiescan climb into your clothesbut not yourContinue reading “No Imposters Here”
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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”
Always Failing Better
I’m really getting into all the universal fear prompts for this week. I experienced some ego death in a dream last night that reminded me of a really embarrassing thing that happened to me in high school and then, I experienced upsetting ego death having to do with an imposter OctPoWriMo, but I realized myContinue reading “Always Failing Better”
What a Shame
These days are flying by. There’s never enough time for everything I want to do. What a shame. Here are my responses to the Writober Day 3 prompts in Sounds of Words: Assonance and Consonance. OctPoWriMo For today’s poem, I looked at my entire wordlist so far looking for assonance and consonance and found theContinue reading “What a Shame”
Embarrassment Happens
These are my responses to the Writober Day 2 prompts in Sounds of Words: Stress and Duration. OctPoWriMo I’m a little embarrassed that I didn’t present metric feet as clearly as I could this morning. While putting my words in my Excel Spreadsheet, I realized that I told you to count syllables in a line andContinue reading “Embarrassment Happens”
Haunted by Ego Death
OctPoWriMo Today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is to write a poem about Harvest or Haunting, or a Haunted Harvest. Let’s see if I can fit that in with the prompt from the first day of Writober post Letters: Symbols of Sound. Four of the ten words in my word list started with “s,”Continue reading “Haunted by Ego Death”
Staying Autumn
Today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is to write an Autumn poem that includes colors or leaves. Since today couldn’t be less Autumnal here in Western Washington, my poem is about enjoying the moments before Autumn inevitably arrives. Staying Autumn Emerald-aqua hummingbirds pause by the wine-leaved plum tree.They frolic as if they can dartContinue reading “Staying Autumn”
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”
Experience Writing 