4/1 (from nahaiwrimo) JESTER The Naihaiwrimo facebook group is particularly inspiring. If you are looking for poetry prompts, look no further. Even if you choose to forego the haiku-itry. I was enjoying the inventor of Nahaiwrimo.com, Michael Dylan Welch, as a featured reader of one of my favorite open mic series Ghost Town Poetry and … More prompted: Jester Haiku
Here is the prompt as it was given to me Saturday 4/3 “Ode to Sitting in a Booth” by Aimee Nezhukumatathil Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s poetry delights in the many muses of the animal world. Indulge in some casual research about a favorite wild creature; imagine what possibilities its habitat might hold out to the human imagination. … More Prompted: muses of the animal world
This prompt was my first of the poetry season and the project of writing poems every day based on prompts from various poetry groups. I joined these groups (some with closed membership like Dirty Thirty and Poem A Day; some with open like Nahaiwrimo) with the intent of reintroducing myself to poetry community and the … More prompted: celebrate
What is National Poetry Month (tis not hereafter, present mirth hath present laughter) but seriously if I can be serious for a moment –and I am always serious about poetry– National Poetry Month Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month reminds the public that poets have an integral role … More “Prompted” and National Poetry Month
Prompted: the explanation 4/1(from dirty thirty) “won’t you celebrate with me” by Lucille Clifton 4/1 (from nahaiwrimo) JESTER 4/1 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) floating 4/1 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) Spell Check Not Allowed! 4/2 (from dirty thirty) “Instructions on Not Giving Up” by Ada Limón 4/2 (from … More How poetry prompts are born and links to new “Prompted” poems
Forgive the crisis blogger. The unfair weather friend. I check in with my whine and cheese and never return to say “Safe and thanks.” Like the drama you have been watching that ends on a cliffhanger and the show is cancelled… no season two. No questions answered. No satisfying reunions. No resolution. I am not … More The cliffhanger season two
Sadly, the current climate crisis makes dating this current storm series essential because while PGE (Portland General Electric) is calling this a historic event, the rest of us should consider it a practice run. Yes, it can get this bad. Yes, it will get this bad. Make the list of all the things you wished … More Snow Daze: icepocalypse 2021
The recipe for sleep shouldn’t be this complicated. I know the ingredients. First a huge bowl of don’ts. Don’t watch or read or listen to anything too exciting; nothing that has “just one more episode”, “one more season” or a mystery that must be solved. Don’t talk about the dark past (you know the stuff … More The Recipe For Sleep
Poets interviewing poets. It’s just the sort of wild rumpus you would expect the editors of Headmistress Press (that brought you Lesbian Trading Cards and the reading series “The Collectibles”) to instigate. I was delighted to be instigated and interviewed by/with Ann Tweedy. This snippet below is stolen from Ann’s website. (The audio recording of … More Ann & G.L. : Inter/viewed and viewing
You fill in the blanks. You know it does. Coronavirus. Wildfires. Climate deniers. Trump. Death. I have managed to avoid writing a word here the whole year… as if nothing was occurring in my life or in the world. Truthfully it is too, too much. Later I will make a list of the things that … More 2020 sucks big ___ ___
