Today’s napowrimo.net prompt is to answer a questionnaire about a place (real or imagined), then write a poem based on one or more of the answers. I ended up writing about my immediate surroundings—more specifically, in the context of my decision to make this what I call a ‘quiet day’. That means no unnecessary conversation, and no devices whose [...]
Tag: creek
No gnashing of teeth this morning (a poem)
Slim pickings yesterday… The coffee is as fresh as it’s going to get The sun is out and the sky is bright The creek flows gently past my window (23 August 2015—posted August 24)
The course of a quiet afternoon in the life of a solitary poet in search of the perfect poem (a poem)
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 [...]
Saturday in dreamland (a poem)
No prompt today, just a word that popped into my head… Today the sun shines brightly in dreamland a musky scent floats past on the breeze The crows were quarrelling about an hour ago but now all is peaceful atop the trees The creek gurgles by in the distance as the shadows of branches dance [...]
