Inspired by the movie The Age of Adeline.
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regret
We did this to ourselves (A poem)
Bonus round—unfiltered…
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Youthful discretion (a poem)
Inspired by a photograph…
Blackout poem
My first serious attempt at a blackout poem, in which you take a page from a book, magazine, or newspaper, then take a marker and cross out text to strategically reveal the words of the poem you are creating. The book I used was In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson (2011, Crown Publishers). Since I haven’t really done this before, it took me several pages to arrive at something…
National Poetry Writing Month: Day #11 (April 11, 2014)
Today’s prompt involved writing ‘about wine-and-love [sic]’. Wine and I don’t get along so well these days, so I decided to go with #11 on the LitBridge list:
Take an image that you can recall from the prior week. Use this image to help you write a poem.
National Poetry Writing Month: Day #29 (April 29, 2013)
Today’s prompt is to write a poem using at least five words from other languages. I spent five years living in Tokyo after college, so I decided to just try writing something in Japanese. Continue reading
Ordinary Average Thoughts 