When I was little, risks meant going somewhere high and looking down, or doing something that scared me, like riding on a rollercoaster. Later on, risks were more about money and jobs and relationships. I’ve lived through the large risks, and I know I can handle them. But as we get older, it seems that…

The prompt of the day is to write a poem using numbers. I have my DONUT poem, posted earlier on this blog, but I wanted to do something different. I find the motivation for writing poems interesting. Either I am searching for something in my recent life that I can draw on, or gain inspiration…

Ekphrastic poetry is used to draw attention to a work of art—usually visual art, but it could be something like a song or a work of fiction, sculptures, dance, or even theatrical performances. My work of art to celebrate is that of Botero, a Colombian artist of great fame who loves to paint voluptuous people.…

Today’s prompt was to write a poem about love or not loving. It is a tricky subject. How do you write without sounding sappy or vindictive? So many pitfalls in this subject, and yet, it is so important to all of us. I decided to avoid the awkwardness by writing about a dog’s love instead.…

It’s funny that all these prompts are not setting me up for children’s poetry. I think I need to focus my attention more in that direction. But still, having a poetic way to think about what is happening in my life is fruitful, like writing in a diary to think about another day. Today’s prompt…

I’m not sure about this poem, but it is a draft so it can always be changed. I wanted to write something about the Hands Off protests. Five million people marched in every state in the U.S. This isn’t just a blue state reaction to President Trump. These are people from every part of the…

This is a new format for me. A spanish form of poetry that uses lines of syllables 3,5,3,3,7,5. Working to a form is such fun. It takes away the pressure of what will I write and replaces it with how, which is much easier to figure out. The prompt today (writer’s digest PAD) was “After—”…

Mess. I’ve dealt with that my whole life. There’s always too much to do and not enough time to finish up the cleaning, sorting and organizing. Though I guess it’s really a matter of priority. I’d rather read a book than do the dishes, or texturize a wall than put away the clean clothes. And…

Coincidentally, today’s Writer’s Digest Poem-A-Day prompt was to do a short poem. One of their examples was the tricube. How odd that it is suddenly a popular prompt across the blogs. The host mentioned “Also, wasn’t thinking about the stock market when I made my list of prompts, but hey, maybe there’s a poetic stock…