Hate realizing a post didn’t – well – post.
Day 23 I didn’t get to a post yesterday – what with the Garden Poems reading and other distractions. So consider that day a wild card as far as prompts go.
My next reading will be this Thursday – Moments Before Midnight Continue reading “Apr 23 #AprPAD #NaPoWRiMo”
Day 21 
A Quick reminder – I will be one of 10 poets reading Tomorrow (Earth Day) at Garden Poems at Gaiety Hollow. Event is 2-4 pm at Salem’s Gaiety Hollow Continue reading “Apr 21 #AprPAD #NaPoWRiMo”
Day 20 I’m glad I pre-announced this on yesterday’s post as It’s another day “down the rabbit-hole” and I’m looking for that tidbit that will make me “big” again …
A Quick reminder – I will be one of 10 poets reading Continue reading “Apr 20 #AprPAD #NaPoWRiMo”
Day 19 Good news! My Pixy (‘puter) yet lives! A day of sitting in rice seems to removed what water leaked in. I am SOOOO relieved – not just because this is the first repository of my PAD/NaPoWriMo poems but because it is the only place Continue reading “Apr 19 #AprPAD #NaPoWRiMo”
Day 17 I have a good reason for being late-ish today. A great reason! I was poeming. That ABC poem from last Friday? – My muse decided what it really should consist of: and I’m mostly blind today so it took a while – and two devices – to type it out.
I’ll share it with you at the end of today’s offering.
Today’s prompt is “shared questions”. Continue reading “Apr 17 #AprPAD #NaPoWRiMo”
Happy Easter!
Finally! April is here and with it all the Poem-A-Day games challenges. 
Time to smash down any mental brick walls stumbling blocks you may have been running into. Today National/Global Poetry Month. starts – and 
with it the annual writing challenges “Poem-A-Day” aka PAD. Also Camp NaNoWriMo starts …
My PAD prompt is apropos … “start”. Continue reading “Apr 1 Start of Poem A Day Challenges plus …”
Today’s is World Water Day and water is a frequent motif in my poetry. Partly because I am a Pisces and water resonates deeply for me – but mostly due to the fact that water is such a major building block for life and humans.
So today’s prompt is “water” ! Continue reading “Mar 22 prompt & poem”
3/14 or 3-14. Or 3.14. <happy dance> It’s PI day.
I love incorporating science and math into the language of poetry. Today’s prompt is “Pi” ... So write about Pi. Use it as Continue reading “Mar 14 prompt and poem”
It is nearing my birthday – so I am getting a bit personal on the prompts …
Today’s prompt is “purple” – my favorite color and very wrapped in meaning to me. Continue reading “Feb 21 prompt and a poem”
It’s Advancement of science week and, as such, today’s prompt is simply “science”. Continue reading “Feb 15 prompt & poem”
Valentines’s Day. Birthday of Oregon, my favorite grandmother and of my beloved …
So today’s prompt is “Tiger”. Continue reading “Feb 14 prompt & poem”
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Ariel, Pacific NW poet 