It's November and we all know what that means. The race to December is on. One poem. Each day. You can do it. NOVEMBER PAD DAY 1 The Glorious Mess The chase was over three days later, He and his socks came slapping up the walkway, salt and pepper whiskers sprouting askew while the wind … Continue reading The Glorious Mess
It's almost time to spark a literary poetic flame!! National Poetry Month is just five short days away.
November 2017 PAD If you haven't yet, try this challenge--write one poem/day for the entire month of November. Then create a chapbook of your poems. It's adventurous. It's irresistible. It's fun! Every October 31, I become feverish/frantic/deathly pale and deliriously pumped for this challenge. Each day, if you join, you'll log into Writer's Digest and check … Continue reading Poeming-Just for the Fun of it!
A few weeks ago Robert Lee Brewer, Writer's Digest Poetry guru, put out a call for essays from poets to explain why they write poetry. The why isn't easy putting into words. And I'm not sure I even touched on the real reason. Like onions, there are layers of poetic insight and reflection. The simple … Continue reading Why I Write Poetry
The Other Side of Love What she told me then— It’s all ending— this burden. Beyond time Behind locks fear is something else and she wore it like a queen. 2017 April PAD Challenge: Day 30
High on Perfection The prosodist dwells in the literary fountain, with deep-throated roars of rising anger splashing through waves of free writing, fighting against streams of consciousness reading aloud for foreign stones that trip his tingling tongue, prying corroded spondees off the pages, his mouth twisting as he spits them out with rhythmic pounding, juggling … Continue reading High on Perfection
