Matt, from Radio, Rhythm and Rhyme wrote about having his students write freely by taking a famous poem and rewriting it in their own words, or changing the words based on how they were feeling. It got me thinking of my favorite poems, and playing along with their rhythms. One of my favorite authors is…

I was browsing through a folder named “random writing”, and enjoying poems I’ve written that have never made it into any public work. Someday I’ll pull them together and try again. For now, I”m sharing a poem from a WWII story, though it could be any war. It’s often as hard back home as it…

Inspired by, This photo wants to be a poem. —————- ’Twas chilly when the mystic forms  would wander through the neighborhood, a flashlight holding up the night to beg for candied goods. Beware All Hallow’s Eve, my friend! With wolves that bite, and skeletons! Beware the Frankenstein and run from evil masks of death! A…

thanks to Margaret at Reflections on the Teche. I love writing to photos and surprising myself at what first comes to mind. FROZEN IN TIME Was it Lot’s wife  who froze them in  place? Pillars of black salt clinging to outstretched branches, solidified in mid step. Did they not have faith that they would emerge…

I’m starting a new course with Laura Shovan on poetry techniques for verse novels. I am very excited to be in a group of like minded individuals. One of our homework assignments is to find a conversation on Youtube from someone the same age as the main character of our book. We were to transcribe…

@ https://reflectionsontheteche.com/ Fireworks of floral . Ribbon arms explode and fade with pops of pollen. Surprise! Lily for a burst of Autumn. draft: Diane Davis

I’ve been writing my verse novel, and am at the point where I am going to talk about the pink dragon boat racers at the Dragon Boat Festivals. Women who have had breast cancer gather to race these boats (thus the pink) during the Dragon Boat Festivals. It’s. a tradition that started in 1997 in…

On the back of my car is a wall design that I turned into a bumper sticker. It’s a statement by Picasso that says, “Every child is an Artist”. It was always my mantra as an art teacher and I’ve had a version of this on three cars. But my newest car is white, which…

Hymn For The Hurtingby Amanda Gorman Everything hurts,Our hearts shadowed and strange,Minds made muddied and mute.We carry tragedy, terrifying and true.And yet none of it is new;We knew it as home,As horror,As heritage.Even our childrenCannot be children,Cannot be.Everything hurts.It’s a hard time to be alive,And even harder to stay that way.We’re burdened to live out…