Last week, I was clued in to the existence of the amazing tychogirl by way of the awesome Jumping From Cliffs. What I love about tychogirl's found poems is that she actually cuts and pastes the words onto gorgeous and relevant backgrounds, making the poems themselves doubly-incredible works of art. In addition, she writes poems about space. Um, brilliant! So, blatantly ripping a page from her book, I decided that this week's WPW post would feature 1) a poem dealing in some way with space ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: "Flock Mentality", a found poem.
Style: sociocultural psychic Paris and Notre Dame cobbled streets in pencil skirts and blouses six-inch platform wedges or maybe just Keds France and Rome clever scarf-tying a casually knotted kerchief from Hermes Girl Scout troop leader or paragon of chic? Dutch and Bhutanese we are trucking in sartorial and nationalistic cliché boys in knickers and wooden shoes folks from other places all looked universal distinctive superficial in time-tested uniforms of subtly-coded flock ... View Post
Another Belated Writing Prompt Wednesday: "Starting from Chekhov", a writing exercise.
So I completely forgot that Wednesday was Wednesday this week. Just bear with me folks, I'll get my brain back in order one of these days! I meant to share this exercise a long time ago but then forgot about it, too, so now that I am remembering things again, I thought this would be as good a time as any to finally post it! The following is the result of a writing exercise done during the New Letters Writing Workshop at the University of Missouri- Kansas City. We were to take the ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: "Chase the Sun", a poem.
On a 5:50am flight this morning, we had the pleasure of rising above the clouds just in time for the sunrise, which was particularly spectacular from our vantage point and the cover of clouds below. I was unable to get a picture of it, so I wrote a poem instead. Here is my attempt at capturing the amazingness of this experience.... *** a horizon of lavender clouds brushes a blushing dawn a sky colored with sherberts stretching into a clear, hard blue the color of Caribbean waves the ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: a poem "Sandstone"
I have decided to start posting something creative every Wednesday, based on prompts found in various places, or maybe sometimes just based on whatever pops into my head at the moment! Today's prompt, though, is thanks to WriteWorld! "He wasn't sure it would hold his weight." he wasn't sure it would hold his weight, the diminutive little ledge of sandstone, hot orange in the midday sun. warm against his body the cliff presses, solid, false security. i won't let you fall, it whispers with ... View Post
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