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”
Yesterday’s prompt was “International Day of Happiness ” … and it was a happy day for me!
Today’s is Continue reading “Mar 20 & 21 prompt”
Yesterday’s prompt was “awkward moments”
Today’s is Continue reading “Mar 18 & 19 prompt”
I’m out and about today, helping a friend. So posting today’s prompt from my phone…
Today, St Patrick’s Day, is a day of my people … if you count leprechauns as my ancestors! Although Im just as apt to claim the Sidhe and Faire Folk!
So rather than go with the cliche and trite prompts … Today’s prompt is Continue reading “Mar 17 prompt”
Today is International Women’s Day … Today prompt is going to repet the question their website poses … “how are you going to push for progress?”.
Got involved last night/this morning on a political Continue reading “Mar 8 prompt”
Today prompt is “a bank teller”.
Computer issues today …
and I have to head downtown for First Wednesday’s event.
My Pinterest Ariel’s List has today’s prompt as “alone in a cathedral”. I’m posting a twist on that today …
Today prompt is “a lone cathedral”. Because it sounds a bit forlorn but also serene and romantic. Maybe even a title of a sci-fi novel … Continue reading “Mar 6 prompt”
Today is one of my Bro’s birthday! So I am changing today’s prompt in honor of him. He’s a big Douglas Adams fan – If you are too – or a Hitchhiker – you would know the answer to Life, The Universe & Everything is 42.
So that’s today Prompt – “42”. Because I wish him Everything. Continue reading “Mar 4 & 5 prompts”
Today’s is World Wildlife Day, a subject dear to my heart. This year they are especially advocating to protect the Big Cats from extinction.
I have quite a few Climate Change/Conservation poems and a good third use the voice of Big Cats as a cry to stop the extinction of Earth’s animals. Continue reading “Mar 3 prompts & poem”
Getting back to some of my roots today … The prompt is “County Cork”. Continue reading “Feb 26 prompt and poem”
Sorry, folks, I fell down a few rabbit-holes. I came up against a deadline on my Cherry Blossom Festival art project, so I had to get hyper-focused. And then, as a result of that hard push, Continue reading “Mar 1 & 2 prompts”
Today’s prompt is “dust Continue reading “Feb 25 prompt and poem”
Yesterday’s prompt was ” banana bread”. Warm sweet banana bread – I understand the best is made from bananas with brown, almost black skin – the more over-ripe the banana, the sweeter the bread.
Today’s prompt Continue reading “Feb 23 & 24 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”
I know I have gotten slow in posting these prompts – but life has been happening Continue reading “Feb 19 & 20 prompt and a poem”
I was planning on doing nothing today Yeah – that’s not gonna happen. Creatives don’t do “nothing” …
Yesterday’s prompt was “buried on mars”
Today’s prompt is ” drink wine day” -yes – this is one thing I won’t be doing. I love wine … but none on hand. I have paint though – and canvas. So maybe I’ll paint wine. Continue reading “Feb 17 & 18 prompt and a poem”
Let’s get back to nature and present day. It is Audobon’s Great Backyard Bird Count … today’s prompt is “backyard bird”. Continue reading “Feb 16 prompt”
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”
Tuesday’s prompt is “Inside a computer”.
… Which is where it seems I live alot .
Sorry – life has been demanding and has needed to be tackled face-on and with a battle cry.
Sunday’s prompt was Continue reading “Feb 11 & 12 prompt”
Today’s prompt is “along the water”.
I may go differently with this prompt than Continue reading “Feb 10 prompt”
Yesterday was a “one-step forward, three-steps back” day: I knew my physical self would have a push-back from two demanding Continue reading “Feb 8 & 9 prompt”
While I am a spiritual person, I am equally passionate about science. And I often see the spiritual world echoed Continue reading “Feb 7 prompt”
One of the duties in writing is “description” and one of the first few things we describe Continue reading “Feb 6 prompt”
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Ariel, Pacific NW poet 