Totally Optional Prompts
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Snapshot Poem 16 January 2008
How does one come to believe in the moon? What it actually is, I mean; not what it appears to be. It is not a lantern, held up in the sky by some invisible god. It is not an illuminated, disembodied head, floating in the ether. And Saturn, with its glowing, colored rings. You… Continue reading
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Whisper | Snapshot Poem
Listen. It’s a new moon night. There is no light to be heard falling on fresh snow. Snow drifting down so quietly you hearnothing. Listen. Distant electric humming under the evening silence. A fountain trickles beneath the ice. Far away, geesecall to one another across the slow river. Listen harder. Do you hear it?… Continue reading
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Poem to the Editor
Dear Editor: I am writing to warn you of a con- spiracy that threatens our civil life. Ordinary poets are blogging on current events! They are fomenting strife and discontent with our fine government. They are everywhere on the internets! Instead of writing well-rhymed sentiments on ancient gods or abandoned bird nests they are composing… Continue reading
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Snapshot Poem| Moon Island
This week’s prompt is Moon Island, which I used for another long-lines exercise. Again, I’ve done it as an image; click it to bring it up larger. Below the cut, the poem in text, with broken lines: Continue reading
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Raven
This week’s prompt is Birds and Bonds, which I used for another long-lines exercise. Again, I’ve done it as an image; click it to bring it up larger. Below the cut, the poem in text, with broken lines. Oh, and — forgot to mention — I have another Raven poem, which will be… Continue reading
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