I started out writing this as a poem, but quickly discovered that it needed to take a different form:
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Saturday morning (a poem)
Now back to some regular poeting…
The November 29th prompt in The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts For Your Writing Practice, by Kelli Russell Agodon & Martha Silano, is to ‘[w]rite a poem that begins with the next thing anyone says to you.’ If nobody else is around, it suggests calling somebody up, or turning on the TV or radio, and using the first thing you hear. Of course, with my luck, the first thing I encountered was a commercial that opened with somebody asking ‘What’s up?’ Meh. I kept watching, in case the program to follow, The Dick Van Dyke Show, offered something better. The episode opened with Mary Tyler Moore asking ‘What’s this?’ Okay, okay…
Saturday in dreamland (a poem)
No prompt today, just a word that popped into my head…
moments (a poem)
Another vignette.
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many years later (a poem)
Another vignette.
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4th of July, 2014 (a poem)
No prompt. Just a vignette.
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A poem that’s not quite abut two different subjects
The May 28th prompt in The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts For Your Writing Practice, by Kelli Russell Agodon & Martha Silano, involves writing a poem that includes two different subjects “and creates a bridge between them.” I chose the moon and typewriters, then managed to write a poem that isn’t specifically about either…
Hope’s Eternal Embrace
We fell into each other’s arms. It felt good to hold her, and to be held. Continue reading
National Poetry Writing Month: Day #16 (April 16, 2013)
Decided to ignore today’s prompt. Too difficult, if I’m to be honest.
Instead, I wrote something short, prompted by the sunny weather this afternoon… Continue reading
Ordinary Average Thoughts 