Author Archives: Maggie C

About Maggie C

Stained glass artist, writer, respecter of life.

Wordless Wednesday 5.1.19

Posted on May 1, 2019
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Remember

Posted on April 30, 2019

Day 30, the final day of the month, and the final day of NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month). After today, the goal will be to keep the creativity flowing. We’ll see how that goes. Today’s prompt: I’d like you to … Continue reading →

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Meditation on Dispassion

Posted on April 29, 2019

Day 29 of NaPoWriMo. The prompt, edited for succinctness: For poet William Wordsworth, a poem was the calm after the storm – an opportunity to remember and summon up emotion, but at a time and place that allowed the poet … Continue reading →

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Words and Paint

Posted on April 28, 2019

NaPoWriMo, Day 28 The prompt today deals with: “the concept of meta-poems – which are poems about poems! In this video, the poets Al Fireis, Lily Applebaum, Dave Poplar, and Camara Brown discuss Emily Dickinson’s ‘We learned the Whole of Love.’ … Continue reading →

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Weekend Wildcard (Flashback #3: Doing it Anyway)

Posted on April 27, 2019

Flashback #3 in my re-posting from a blog I wrote several years ago about my struggles with depression. My purpose in revisiting the “old” me is to remind myself and any others who care to read, to: claim the positive … Continue reading →

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Only a Dream

Posted on April 26, 2019

NaPoWriMo, Day 26. The prompt: Write a poem that uses repetition. Only a Dream I dreamt last night, but I can’t recall what happened in the dream. I dreamt last night and when I awoke, I felt lesser than. I dreamt … Continue reading →

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Spring Awakes

Posted on April 25, 2019

Day 25 of NaPoWriMo. Today’s Prompt: Taking a cue from John Keats’ poem, “To Autumn,” write a poem that (a.) is specific to a season; (b.) uses imagery that relates to all five senses; (c.) includes a rhetorical question, like … Continue reading →

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