The January 30th prompt in The Daily Poet, by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano, is to eavesdrop on a conversation, take notes, and write a poem based on those notes. I took a slightly different approach (because I don’t like to eavesdrop), adapting bits and pieces from my social media feeds (mostly Twitter and Tumblr).
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50/calmer (a poem)
The second week of the HoneLife eight-week Winter Poetry Challenge invites reflection on 2014, with a series of questions followed by directions on how to use the answers to those questions.
What would you do? (a poem)
This week’s HoneLife poetry exercise is to write a short poem that starts with ‘What would you do if…’ Continue reading
A Change of Habit
Today’s writing prompt: If you could quit one bad habit instantly without difficulty, which would it be? Continue reading
What Wouldn’t I Change?
Today’s writing prompt: If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Given the maelstrom of change that the long-overdue collapse of my marriage and subsequent divorce has sucked me into during the last fourteen months or so, plus an often-voiced desire over the years to be anybody other than myself, this question is kind of redundant. Continue reading
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… Continue reading
Ordinary Average Thoughts 