I’m a little behind with writing and posting my poems, which is not surprising. With four of my own books I’m revising and one I’ve been hired to edit, my schedule has been locked. I haven’t forgotten about the challenge, and I haven’t given up, but I admit to already being off-schedule. The prompt listContinue reading “Day 11 Poem”
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Day 5 Poem
Day 5 of poetry writing challenge following the prompt “Paternal.”
New Poems? Four, Maybe More.
Follow along as I attempt to write at least 250 new poems this year. Here are the first four.
Yellow in a Desert Sea
I’m working hard to get my poetry collection together for publication. Untethered Love is a response, of sorts, to my first collection, When Can We Be Soft?: Poems of Female Resilience. In that collection, I explored the social behaviors and expectations that force women to be “strong,” never able to let our guard down andContinue reading “Yellow in a Desert Sea”
She Hid All the Pencils
Day 56 of 365 days of blogging. I definitely have not written 56 blog posts this year, but I have written far more than I did last year, and we’re only in February. Though I don’t spend much time on Twitter (X) much anymore, I still scroll through my feed on occasion and come acrossContinue reading “She Hid All the Pencils”
Poem: A Random Horse
Day 41 of 365 days of blogging. A couple weeks ago, we were watching a movie, and in one of the most tense moments, the protagonist drove past a random horse out in a field. I was then challenged to write a poem that included a random horse. Inspiration finally hit last night. Love, muchContinue reading “Poem: A Random Horse”
Longing
Day 32 of 365 of blogging. My poetry goal for this year is to release another collection, this time romance/love centered. This is a poem that I wrote over a year ago that will be in the collection. I long to manifest in your daydreamsThe subtle curvature of your spineEntangled in the web of myContinue reading “Longing”
The Truth Between
Day 29 of 365 days of blogging. I wrote this poem in response to a Move Me Poetry’s “Teach Me Tuesday” segment on Twitter that highlighted the Abecedarian form. Interestingly enough, I wrote it in jumbled pieces, jumping between lines as they came to me, and then worked to tie it together in its truth.Continue reading “The Truth Between”
Big Thoughts in Small Packages
I first shared this small collection of haiku and senryu on Medium in 2022. As I get ready to shut down my Medium account, I’ve decided to move some of my poetry over here. Poetry has served as therapy for quite a while, so there is often pain expressed in these pieces. Always approach myContinue reading “Big Thoughts in Small Packages”
Poem: Vulnerability
Day 21 of 365 days of blogs. This is one of the final poems added to my debut poetry collection When Can We Be Soft: Poems of Female Resilience. Since I just found out the paperback is on sale on Amazon today and it will be in Kindle Unlimited tomorrow, I thought it apropos toContinue reading “Poem: Vulnerability”