Tag Archives: #Writober

Since I finally got started drawing on my inkblots, I continued and made this two-headed gator creature. OctPoWriMo Read for inspiration and craft Recommended poem: An Approach by Roger Lewinter Online journal: BOMB Magazine Spotlight Poem from OctPoWriMo Day 24 Anxiety by cieI liked how the two Joseph’s stars fit together to tell the challengeContinue reading “October 25: Breaking the Rules #OctPoWriMo #Writober and #NanoPrep”

OctPoWriMo Dodge Poetry Festival Eleven days of poets reading their work online. Poetry prompt Today’s OctPoWriMo prompt is being grateful Forms Trolaan or La’libertas Satisfied Stillness Thinking of gentle calmthankful for this timetender moments togethertension melting in his soft breaths Having this time to appreciateharmony in closenesshome in the curl of cuddlesholding soft warmth betweenContinue reading “October 23: Being Grateful #OctPoWriMo and #Writober”

OctPoWriMo Read for inspiration and craft Recommended poem: Residual Rubbernecking by Charles Bernstein Online journal: The Baffler Spotlight Poem from OctPoWriMo Day 21 Gongura on the Tongue by Sunita I found it interesting that she also related flavor to pride. Poetry prompt Today’s OctPoWriMo prompt is Follow Your Gut Forms Acrostic or Ottava Rima ForContinue reading “October 22: Follow Your Gut #OctPoWriMo #Writober and #NanoPrep”

I had trouble with incredibly slow internet all day, so I’m cutting this post short. OctPoWriMo Poetry prompt Today’s OctPoWriMo prompt is Taste Forms Free Verse The flavor of pride Summer ends and flits awayleaving behind its bountythe ears of corn from Father’s gardenhave no need for butter or saltthe light-yellow kernels sweet and juicyreleaseContinue reading “October 21: Tasty Flavor #OctPoWriMo #Writober”

OctPoWriMo Read for inspiration and craft Today was a serendipity-full day, so when I happened upon a site that does “Textile Poems,” I decided that was a perfect type of poem for today. I love making fabric art and really like the idea of its creation as a poem. Recommended poem: Wildfires by Zwia OnlineContinue reading “October 20: Touching Textures #OctPoWriMo #Writober and #NanoPrep”

Today’s theme made me think of tearing myself open and letting my insides pour out, but then I thought about radiating and rippling from a core or center which led me to creating these radiating inkblots. OctPoWriMo Read for inspiration and craft Recommended poem: Inside Out by Diane Wakoski Online journal: Poetry Foundation Spotlight PoemContinue reading “October 16: Turn the World Inside Out #OctPoWriMo #Writober and #NanoPrep”

OctPoWriMo Read for inspiration and craft Recommended poem: The Real Meaning of Inferno by Lauren Scharhag Online journal: Poetica Review Spotlight Poem from OctPoWriMo Day 13 Crypt or Chrysalis by Kathleen Allen Poetry prompt Today’s OctPoWriMo prompt is Exploring your truth. Forms Villanelle or Cascade Feeding Fears An other-worldly black widow incapacitatesmesmerisms’s ghost on theContinue reading “October 14: Truth #OctPoWriMo #Writober and #NanoPrep”

OctPoWriMo Read for inspiration and craft Recommended poem: Drawing from the Boneyard by Ian McFarland Online journal: Vita Brevis Press Spotlight Poem from OctPoWriMo Day 12 Silly Sophie by Kay Poetry prompt Today’s OctPoWriMo prompt is Outside the Box Forms Pantoum or Oddquain Emerge Springundulatebobbing and weavingarabesque twirling on aspring Writober For today’s visual prompt,Continue reading “October 13: Outside the Box #OctPoWriMo #Writober and #NanoPrep”