Yesterday’s prompt in The Daily Poet, by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano involved using the computer to write, instead of my usual pen and paper. I took it another step further, using my iPhone, and letting the autofill feature guide the sentences. The only drawback turned out to be that the choices were rather limited. Consequently, I went back through what I had written, placing the cursor at different points to check for alternate word choices. I’m not thrilled with the result, but them’s the rules…
May 2015
Dear Friday…
Dear Friday,
You’re back!
Love,
Kevin
(8 May 2015)
The Adventures of the Contessa and Green Eyed Larry (a poem)
Yesterday’s prompt in The Daily Poet, by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano marked the start of my second time around through the book. The prompt called for looking up the names of racehorses, then using ten to fifteen of them in a poem that is not about racehorses. (For comparison, last year’s poem written from this prompt can be found here.)
The names I used this time around:
The Contessa
Waffle Stomper
Yorba Linda Trip
Heaven Forbid
Headwind
Aesthetic Ruin
Original Bloom
Questionable Behavior
Klaus Kinski
Nefarious Splendor
Green Eyed Larry
Brand New Larry
Before Coffee
Diamond Sky
Caffeine Serene
Existential Nudge
The Lunchroom
Defacto Princess
A Baby Maybe
Lollipop Flower
Dear Thursday…
Dear Thursday,
Interesting. Last night I read a poem in which I mention wanting to get a good night of uninterrupted sleep, then I have a good night of uninterrupted sleep…
Love,
Kevin
(7 May 2015)
(I don’t have a title for this one yet) (a poem)
One of the advantages of going early at an open mic is that there is plenty of time to be inspired by everything that is going on… Continue reading
Small poems about big things
Today’s prompt in The Daily Poet, by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano is to write a short poem about a big thing. Last year, I wrote about my self-doubt. This year, I addressed more universal concerns in a series of short poems.
Dear Wednesday…
Dear Wednesday,
You kind of snuck up on me there…
Love,
Kevin
(6 May 2015)
#WordsThatDontGetUsedEnough (a poem)
Inspired by a Twitter hashtag this morning… Continue reading
Dear Tuesday…
Dear Tuesday,
In a few short hours, there will be fresh soup!
Love,
Kevin
(5 May 2015)
Yeah, I don’t think that’s right (a poem)
Today’s poem (a terzanelle) comes from a prompt in The Daily Poet, by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano: list rules that people have taught you about poetry, then break four of them. I don’t worry about other people’s rules so much when I write poems. When I have had my poems critiqued, though, a few things have come up. This particular poem focuses on the use of the word ‘but’, which some folks think is a word to be avoided. (The ‘rules’ I broke are included in the tags for this post.)
Ordinary Average Thoughts 