The January 28th prompt in The Daily Poet, by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano, is to write either a poem inspired by the style of a Jackson Pollock painting, or an ekphrastic poem about ‘one of his paintings or a unique image you see in it.’ I based my poem on his drawing War, 1947.
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Figure/Ground (a poem)
The January 26th prompt in The Daily Poet, by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano, is to go from large to small over the course of the poem. As usual, I took a slightly different path, and referenced both Kate Bush and Nick Lowe in the process…
The Proust Questionnaire (an exercise in over-sharing)
This week, I began watching a 30-day course on CreativeLive. One of the homework exercises was to do the Proust Questionnaire (as found on brainpickings.com). Since I have already been doing a lot of this kind of self-examination over the last year or so, I was all over it… Continue reading
50 Things About Me (a partial list)
Today is my 50th birthday. To mark the occasion, here’s a list of fifty things about me, in the order that they came to mind. (Except for spelling/punctuation/grammar, I have made no attempt to edit any of the items.)
Ordinary Average Thoughts 