image link Today’s prompts for OctWriPoMo include: Castles, fairy godmothers, glass slippers, and enchanted roses. When you hear the words “once upon a time” these items might be what it brings to mind. Say those four words aloud and it might make you anticipate something magical, something ethereal, something beyond the ordinary. When was the…
Month: October 2018
Fall night sky while listening to PJ
Eddie and The Boys, “Crown of Thorns”, while driving home tonight.
Poetry Day 17 — Trigger
image link Part of today’s prompt for OctWriPoMo is: Does madness rule over me/you/us/them? Does madness fall from the sky in misty dampness, occasional showers, and torrential flooding downpours? Do I/you/we/they hold the reins, controlling the madness? Use your brainstorming to create a poem that expresses your thoughts/feelings around “madness”. Invisible finger on the…
Poetry Day 16 — Catch me when I fall
Today’s poetry prompts for OctWriPoMo includes: Catch Me When I Fall. Finding that person who will support you at every turn is such an important part of any relationship. Also significant is what happens after the fall. How would you describe the balance between giving support and receiving it? I didn’t follow the form prompt…
Poetry Day 15 — Blanket coverage
image link Part of today’s prompt for OctWriPoMo is: What protects you like an umbrella? What shields you? What covers you? Thinking about this briefly, it was clear that there is nothing comparable to the protection outlined in the 23rd Psalm of the Christian Bible. I use it daily and it is the unfailing blanket…
Poetry Day 14 — If I Were Me
Part of the prompts for today’s OctPoWriMo I chose to follow are, “If I Were Me” and a shape poem. It probably won’t show up as a tree on small screens! An oak tree takes hundreds, if not thousands, of years to grow from an acorn and into a mature tree. Nobody questions it….
Movie Review — Damsel (2018)
image link from imdb — Damsel (2018): It’s the Wild West, circa 1870. Samuel Alabaster, an affluent pioneer, ventures across the American frontier to marry the love of his life, Penelope. As his group traverses the west, the once-simple journey grows treacherous, blurring the lines between hero, villain and damsel. Written and Directed by: David…
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