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1. Take a pungent food and place it by your desk. Inhale the scent frequently as […]
I used to think that. In the old days.
After graduation from my MFA program and back when I used a Mac Classic — sigh — I would send emails via AOL to buddies from my writing program. One in particular found me and wanted to stay in touch. I found that a bit odd only […]
This month is a NaPoWriMo of sorts. A group I’m in decided to write a poem draft each day this month.
As always, life takes us in unexpected directions. A few of my friends have been dealing with sad — possibly life-and-death — news, and my thoughts are with them. These past few months taught […]
Do you have any words you’ve used so often in your writing that they are now forbidden?
A few of the stereotypical “poetry words” include: dark, darkness, moon, love, dawn, dusk, and words that mean various shades of red.
My own forbidden words include: light, sky and, yes, dark.
I’m curious why I want to write about […]
1. Open a dictionary and flip through the pages. Select 3-5 words you happen to come across. Note the definition if you do not already know the word. Pick words you’ve not used in a poem before. Now, write a poem using the words.
2. Include a strange place name such as Hell, MI or Tombstone, […]
Some of you liked the writing prompts I posted while I was away. Here is another for you, dear reader.
Select an object you do not give much thought to normally — a water bottle, a computer keyboard, a dryer, a ball, a bit of sage drying in your kitchen. Set it down in front of […]