Category Archives: Poem
Seashell Soliloquy
As a young child, I recall receiving an Atlantic Whelk Shell. “Put it up to your ear,” I was told. And I heard the roar of the sea. My eyes lit up with excitement and my love of the ocean began or perhaps it was rekindled. Who’s to know? * * * * * * …
NaPoWriMo2022 Day#6
Today’s challenge: write a poem that reproduces a phrase with the first words of each line. Perhaps you could write a poem in which the first words of each line, read together, reproduce a treasured line of poetry? You could even try using a newspaper headline or something from a magazine article. I chose, Once …
NaPoWriMo 2022 Day #9
Today’s challenge was to write a Nonet. A nonet is a nine-line poem. In the nonet form, each line contains specific, descending syllable counts. The first line contains nine syllables, the second line contains eight, the third line contains seven, and so on. Day #9 Nonet Sleep-filled eyes gaze at the blazing sun flashing hot hues ‘tween …
NaPoWrMo 2022 – Day #2
In Pursuit of Weird Words I spent far too long searching for words, ones weird or slightly off. Wabbit I was by the end of it all I’d even developed a cough The words acted as a sternutator my sneezes heard near and far. I cannot go on This must come to an end This …
Flower Paintings and A Poem of Rising Passion and Answered Prayer
With a couple of outdoor art shows coming up, I decided creating small paintings would be a good idea. There’s always room for a small piece of art to brighten up your home, workplace or cottage. These canvases are all Acrylic on Canvas, 6 x 6 inches, $50 each. Brilliant colours, faces open to the sun, …
A New Day on My Creative Journey – More Lessons Learned
The older I get the less I seem to know, or perhaps it’s that I realize how much I still need or want to learn. I think the quest to learn and grow keeps us young. When we stop enquiring, investigating, creating, trying something new, we stagnate. So, here’s one thing I’ve learned this month. …
A Place as Seen by a Woman in Love
Part poetry, part prose. This is actually a piece I wrote some months ago but it felt like the right one to post today. Hope you enjoy! A place as seen by a woman in love Fluid as mercury, yet hard as steel Powerful as the birth of a new star deep in the heavens …
April Fools’ Haiku
I’m not one to normally participate in a daily writing challenges but this one from WORDPRESS intrigued me – write a poem every day for the month of April. Besides I haven’t blogged for over a month and I had committed to one post a month. Plus I do write poetry although lately my focus …
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