I'll be writing two poems today, to get caught up for the National Poetry Writing Month challenge of one poem a day. The first one is based on the Wild Violet prompt, asking poets to write a poem about a first: NAPOWRIMO 2020 - Prompt 18


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My poems today are based on two poetry prompts from Wild Violet. The first one (NAPOWRIMO 2020 - Prompt 16 is a "Twenty Questions" poem, or a poem written completely in questions.


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My poem for the National Poetry Writing Month challenge today is a neighborhood poem, based on the prompt at Wild Violet: NAPOWRIMO 2020 - Prompt 15. By request of KFP, I'm dedicating this poem to his favorite Minecraft Youtuber, Stampy Longnose.


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For my National Poetry Writing Month poem today, I wrote a "how to" poem, based on the prompt I posted at Wild Violet: NAPOWRIMO 2020 - Prompt 14


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Tuesday, March 31, 2020Time works in odd ways these days. Like pancake syrup, at times it runs quickly out of the bottle, and at other times, it pools in a waffle square. Has it really been seven days since I posted a blog entry ( Read more... )

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Today I went shopping for groceries and household items, which ordinarily would not be something to write about. Except that today a momentous thing happened. I found toilet paper.

( More on my new daily routine. )

Friday, March 20, 2020 ( Read more... )

( Roughly 700 words that took me seven years to write. )

This is my entry for Week 15 of LJ Idol, Season 10 (therealljidol). This week's topic was "Patchwork Heart."

( A little crack where the truth gets in. )

This is my LJ Idol entry for Week 4, based on the Wayne Gretzky quote: "I don't skate to where the puck is. I skate to where the puck is going to be."

( Antici.... pation is a mommy skill. )