Category: Musings

My Day 17 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which is to write a poem about the moon. We’re strangers these days, the moon and I. Used to be I’d take a picture on nights she looked particularly striking. Later, she was a ritual we followed, pointing every time she made an appearance. [...]

My Day 16 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which is to write a Skeltonic. Not really my thing, but I went with it anyway. Today’s form is the Skeltonic. I’ve never had a colonic, or heard of a good mnemonic, but I’m sure it’s just as fun. And if the score is [...]

My Day 15 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt: ‘think about a small habit you picked up from one of your parents, and then to write a piece that explores an early memory of your parent engaged in that habit, before shifting into writing about yourself engaging in the same habit.’  Enough time [...]

My Day 14 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which involves writing a poem ‘that delves into the meaning of your first or last name.’ Ugh. This is all I have to say: When I was a kid I had a dictionary that had a few pages listing names and their meanings ‘Comely [...]

My Day 13 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which involves writing ‘a poem in the form of a news article you wish would come out tomorrow.’  13 April 2021 EARTH, Solar System (Assoc. Fantasy Press) — The presence and will of the Creator apparently became tangible today. Around the world, citizens awoke [...]