Self-explanatory… I’m going to sit here out on the deck for a while feeling the sunlight on my face and listening to the waters of the creek rush past Bells will mark the hour a few minutes early in all their pre-recorded splendor at which time I will look at the clock to complete the [...]
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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. [...]
It’s ORANGE!
The other day, while looking at beds and bed frames, I walked into the Dania furniture store a couple of doors up from the place where I just bought my bed. Then, I saw it: This slice of orange awesomeness is the Avanti Lounge. The color and shape drew me in right away. Sure, there's [...]
National Poetry Writing Month: Day #5 (April 5, 2013)
I partly ignored today's writing prompt. A cinquain doesn't sound like much of a stretch for me, since I often write in stanzas of five lines—but I really don't want to get so technical with my writing. It's enough for me that I sometimes am able to establish a particular rhythm within a piece… This morning I rose [...]
It’s always something, isn’t it?
The latest chapter in the saga of this life of mine has me moving into the condo where I will spend the next six months. I'm still kind of in shock at the whole development. But, as is often the case, there's always more… Of all the things that have taken place over the last [...]