I’ve been feeling stuck lately. Writing with these little magnet words seems less daunting than facing a blank journal page. I’m going to use this little poem as my mantra. It makes me think about ordinary things in a creative way. The p sounds go good together. This recurrence of similar sounds is called consonance. I … [Read more…]
For a gift last year, I received a magnetic poetry kit, and I’ve been having fun posting short poems and displaying them on our refrigerator. Then I decided to take pictures of them and post them on Facebook. I like how Facebook asks me what’s on my mind. Sometimes I’d rather not say which is … [Read more…]
My business card says I’m a writer, a blogger, and a poet, but I’m going to add dreamer to the mix. Below is a poem I’m working on now. I’m not sure if I’m finished with it but hope to be by September 6th, the next meeting of my critique group. It’s already been through … [Read more…]
Sometimes on the verge of waking up I have remnants of dreams piecing themselves into visions. One I had this morning felt like I was driving up a mountain road. I could see a highway bordered with redwoods clearly, and, for that matter I began to see everything else clearly too. I had been asking … [Read more…]