The September 5th prompt in The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts For Your Writing Practice, by Kelli Russell Agodon & Martha Silano, is to write a poem ‘that confronts climate change, environmental degradation, habitat destruction and/or forest mismanagement’. It suggests a few words for inclusion: cage, habitat, dead, altered, destabilized, remnant, margins, mutilated. I used the words, but wrote about something else entirely. Continue reading
Musings
Dear Tuesday…
Dear Tuesday,
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Catch-up sleep is awesome.
Love,
Kevin
(9 September 2014)
Dear Monday…
Dear Monday,
I didn’t expect to be up so early today, but there it is.
Love,
Kevin
(8 September 2014)
Dear Sunday…
Dear Sunday,
It looks like summer is making a brief comeback…
Love,
Kevin
(7 September 2014)
Dear Saturday…
Dear Saturday,
My, but you’re all over the place. Fortunately, things seem to be calming down as the day goes on.
Love,
Kevin
(6 September 2014)
10 September 2009
Another flashback, from the same project: Continue reading
Dear Friday…
Dear Friday,
Sometimes the best things in life are free…
Love,
Kevin
(5 September 2014)
Dear Thursday…
Dear Thursday,
Sorry to be late. It was a strange day—first one thing, then another…
Love,
Kevin
(5 September 2014)
A snapshot (a poem)
The September 4th prompt in The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts For Your Writing Practice, by Kelli Russell Agodon & Martha Silano, is to ‘[w]rite a series of short poems that each present a snapshot description of a larger subject.’ I didn’t get as far as doing a series, but I think I got the snapshot aspect right. Continue reading
Dear Wednesday…
Dear Wednesday,
Wait—this is Wednesday, right?
Love,
Kevin
(3 September 2014)