Apr
30
walking with mindfulness
awareness of motion
ignoring distractions
focusing attention
satisfaction within
moving meditation
Dec
1
2011 NOVEMBER PAD CHAPBOOK CHALLENGE: DAY 28
For today’s prompt, take the phrase “(blank) Story,” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new word or phrase the title of your poem, and then, write the poem.
dice roll determines
journeys and battles
adventuring quests
party dynamics
the story unfolds
Dec
1
2011 NOVEMBER PAD CHAPBOOK CHALLENGE: DAY 25
For today’s prompt, please write a consumption poem. There are any number of things we consume as people, and even more if you think outside the human experience. Some are good, some not so much. But there’s so much consumption going on every single day that it’s a great topic for poeming.
freezing rain and sleet
hunters undeterred
in predawn blackness
start of the season
Black Friday Madness
Nov
29
2011 NOVEMBER PAD CHAPBOOK CHALLENGE: DAY 22
Today is a Tuesday (but not the last one of November), which means there are two prompt. They are:
Pick a fruit, make it the title of your poem, and write the poem. Example titles include: “Banana,” “Kiwi,” “Lemon,” etc.
or
Pick a vegetable, make it the title of your poem, and write the poem. Example titles include “Pickle,” “Potato,” “Asparagus,” etc.
like so many things
even a fruit prompt
reminds me of Tim:
six foot four kiwi
“The Alan Brough Song”
Jul
24
balancing wants and needs
with our distant goals and
responsibilities
the inner fire burns bright
bringing needed rebirth
distilling perspective
Too many prompts jumbled up and created this poem. Today’s Witch’s Toolkit Workshop discussed the element of fire. Poetic Bloomings asked for a goal-oriented poem. One Single Impression sought a poem on need. Sunday Scribbles gave the prompt of distant. As you can possibly tell from this, I went searching for some weekly prompts. I found quite a few.
Apr
30
in the woodland shade
snow patches transform
white carpet remains
trillium brings spring
waking the robins
Apr
30
elephant siblings
wrestling and playing,
learning, exploring,
forming memories,
living traditions
May
11
After more than a week off, I’m actually missing the nightly posting. The last two nights, I’ve had dinner out with friends whom I haven’t seen in far too long, coordinated across internet ties.
tenuous connections
like fragile spiderwebs
stretching through cyberspace
weaving lives together
binding friends across miles
keeping kinship alive
Apr
27
blue headed grackles
bright iridescence
returning for spring
in time for Beltaine
their courtships begin
Mar
31
It occurred to me that on Thursday the 1st, I will be traveling and will have no access to a computer. So I offer the first poem for NaPoWriMo a day early. It’s what I refer to as a classic Blossom square, five syllables by five lines.
craft meditation
as needles clicking
steadily knitting
rhythm transforming
yarn to libation
