Yesterday was definitely a Monday. Thanks to the start of Daylight Saving Time, I effectively woke up an hour later. Then I set about working on the e-book edition of The Imperfect Document; in the process, I found a few imperfections in the print edition that I had missed before—so I had to take the time to fix those and re-upload the file. Then I found that I had to fix the formatting of the titular poem so that it would look more as I had intended. By the time I had finished all of that, I was not feeling much in the mood to write. Consequently, I was not happy with anything I wrote yesterday. The poem I am posting was the first one of the day, written before I engrossed myself in all the book stuff…
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Morning pages (a poem)
I have been doing The Artist’s Way for the last couple of years (this is my third time around). One of the practices is the morning pages, in which you just write three pages of whatever comes out. As I have become more diligent about pursuing creative activities, I have slacked off on the morning pages—so, this morning, I decided to combine the morning pages with my usual poetry writing. This poem is the result… Continue reading
Q&A (a poem)
Up way too late last night…
The window in the room where the poets played (a poem)
It’s double-shot Friday, I guess. Probably because of that second cup of coffee…
Please tell me it’s a dream (a poem)
Random stuff plus a snippet of dream…
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National Poetry Writing Month: Day #6 (April 6, 2014)
Today’s prompt: I didn’t like today’s prompt, so I went in search of another one. I decided to go with the sixth prompt listed in Kelli Russell Agodon’s 30 Writing Prompts for National Poetry Month: Write a poem in two sections about two completely different things. Have the title link both items in a surprising way.
National Poetry Writing Month: Day #7 (April 7, 2013)
Today’s prompt: write a poem in which each line takes the form of a single, declarative sentence, except for the last one, which should be in the form of a question. Harder than it sounds, but… 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 