Tag Archives: poetry

Portrait

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Maggie C

He smelled of pipe tobacco, Prince Albert to be precise. His soft jaw with a half day’s stubble looked scratchy, but I never ventured to touch it and find out. A dark amber bottle – Blitz beer — perpetually clamped … Continue reading →

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vortex

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Maggie C

You are the funnel circling the bathtub drain. You gurgle incomprehensible complaints and accusations. You suck vacuously at lavender scented air, all the while choking back the bile of sewer sludge that tickles your throat. Your vortex pulls in stinky … Continue reading →

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Words and Paint

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Maggie C

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 →

Posted in Art as Art, creativity, daily prompt, poetry | Tagged art, art work, meta-poem, NaPoWriMo 2019, poetry | 12 Comments

Only a Dream

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Maggie C

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 by Maggie C

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 →

Posted in Animalia, daily prompt, nature, poetry | Tagged birds, flowers, NaPoWriMo 2019, poetry, spring | 2 Comments

Jackals in the Key of C-Sharp Major

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Maggie C

Day 21 of NaPoWriMo. The prompt: write a poem that incorporates wild, surreal images. Try to play around with writing that doesn’t make formal sense, but which engages all the senses and involves dream-logic. I’ve been told before that I … Continue reading →

Posted in Animalia, creativity, daily prompt, humor, poetry | Tagged dreams, jackals, NaPoWriMo 2019, poetry | 14 Comments

Matchless

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Maggie C

NaPoWriMo, Day 17. Due to the demise of my computer, my muse has been forced to sit silent for this past week. But we’re back! Today’s prompt: Write a poem that presents a scene from an unusual point of view. Matchless … Continue reading →

Posted in daily prompt, poetry | Tagged candle, flame, matches, NaPoWriMo 2019, poetry | 4 Comments

Droplets

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Maggie C

Rain drops, water falls. Sometimes it gets sloshed and spills. Clumsy H2O.

Posted in 5-7-5, Haiku, humor, Photography, poetry | Tagged 5-7-5, humor, poetry, rain, water | 4 Comments

Crash for Cash

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Maggie C

Day Eight of NaPoWriMo. The prompt: Today, I’d like to challenge you to think about the argot of a particular job or profession, and see how you can incorporate it into a metaphor that governs or drives your poem. I’ll … Continue reading →

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How to

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Maggie C

Day One of NaPoWriMo. The prompt: [W]rite poems that provide the reader with instructions on how to do something. Herewith, How To There’s so many things I’ve yet to learn, like where and why and what and who. So who said … Continue reading →