National Poetry Writing Month
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NaPoWriMo – I remember spring …
Today is the last day of NaPoWriMo 2012, and I managed to post every day! Today's prompt is to write a poem incorporating at least three “I remember” statements. A nostalgic exercise. I remember when spring meant hop-scotch & skip-the-rope,neighborhood street games after dinner, hide-&-seek, kick-the-can, olly-olly-oxen-free! I remember hot breakfasts, bacon & eggs,… Continue reading
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NaPoWriMo – the space between
Yesterday's NaPoWriMo prompt was to write ". . . about the experience of spaces, their psychological and perceptive implications." the space between the dream between sleepingand waking the pause between breaths of a dying friend the silencebetweenwaiting Continue reading
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NaPoWriMo – Discombobulate {my head, my head}
Friday's NaPoWriMo prompt was to "write a nursery rhyme or clapping rhyme. Most nursery and clapping rhymes have strong rhythms, use rhyme and repetition extensively, and aren’t overly concerned with making sense." Friday's Art Journal Caravan {Wordography} prompt was "Discombobulate." I'm not sure it would be fair to hold me responsible for the results: … Continue reading
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NaPoWriMo – In a different time, at a distant place
In a different time, and a distant place lived a people with hollow bones. Their feet were like sturdy hands at the ends of long, thin legs. Six-fingered hands extended from wrists where their arms attached to their bat-like wings, wings brightly colored in designs like butterflies. The people ate well of… Continue reading
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NaPoWriMo – The Consequences of Falling
Yesterday's NaPoWriMo prompt was to "write centos — poems made up entirely of lines from other poems." I did something a little different. I put Pandora on shuffle, and listened. This happened: The Consequences of Falling What if no one’s watching When the evening shatters and stars appear And life’s like an hourglass glued… Continue reading
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