It seems as though you are still summerby W.S. Merwin, from “To the Light of September” It seems as though you are still summeras dawn’s pink flame melts crystal dewand winds dance with sunflowers. Live, green-infused canvasand pears unperfumed,you play to stay. Let autumnwait for us. Image: “Doe Under Pear Tree,” taken…
Category: #OctPoWriMo2018
Thursday Inspiration 43 — free foxes
Rex and Velma had known each other since birth, being born in cages next to each other at the fur farm. Back then they didn’t have names, only plastic tags with numbers stapled into their ears the moment they left their mothers’ wombs. Farmer John had fox farming down to a science, and kindness played…
Poetry Day 31 — One
Today’s prompt, the final one for OctWriPoMo2018, is Endless. The form I chose is cinquain. It’s been very satisfying writing a poem a day for this challenge. The picture with today’s poem is one I drew based upon a dream I had not long ago. One Endless life death cycle arising, setting sun, joy and…
Poetry Day 30 –it’s time to dance!
gif link Today’s writing prompt for OctWriPo is: “It’s time to celebrate a job well done, a love won, the turning of the sun. Write about that exuberant feeling you get whenever you are happy, that feeling that makes you feel like dancing whether it’s on the earth or the moon!” The suggested form today…
Poetry Day 29 — Dao & The 10,000 Things
image link Today’s prompt is, “By the Number”. I like numbers and after working in the accounting field for awhile learned that they do speak their own language. I thought about trying to do something on my lucky number 17 or something about hexagrams from the I Ching, but the number most important to me…
Poetry Day 28 — Splitting Herrs
image link Today’s prompt is “Split in Two”, with… a dilemma. A split path. A difficult choice. Maybe even a chasm or schism… the notion of ‘splitting hairs’… The suggested form is the “Anglo-Saxon Riddle”. In a way today’s offering covers those bases but not exactly. It is indeed *about* an Anglo-Saxon riddle and it…
Poetry Day 27 — Nightwings
The prompt for today is: What Color Is It? Select a random noun. When you see an image of this person/place/thing, what color is it? Brainstorm the different ways the color can be described. Write a poem to help us see something in color through your eyes. Use an appropriately sourced and credited image of…
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