NaPoWriMo… What’s that?!? #NaPoWriMo (9) 9 Apr 2016April 25, 2018 AND THE ASSIGNMENT IS: write a poem that includes a line that you’re afraid to write. This might be because it expresses something very personal that makes you uncomfortable –…
NaPoWriMo… Alberta’s Little Flower #NaPoWriMo (8) 8 Apr 2016April 28, 2018 AND THE ASSIGNMENT IS: Poets have been writing about flowers since the dawn of time. Today, the challenge is to add your own poem to this long tradition, by finding a flower,…
NaPoWriMo… Fighting the URGE #NaPoWriMo (7) 7 Apr 2016April 30, 2018 AND THE ASSIGNMENT IS: to write a Tritina. The Tritina is a shorter cousin to the Sestina, involving three, three-line stanzas, and a final concluding line. Three “end words” are used to conclude the…
NaPoWriMo… The Under-Rated Potato #NaPoWriMo (6) 6 Apr 2016May 1, 2018 AND THE ASSIGNMENT IS: write a poem about food. ============================================================================ Some like potatoes au gratin, others like'em scalloped with ham; A few try'em roasted, barbequed, toasted, or drizzled in sauce from…
NaPoWriMo… Butterfly Your Garden #NaPoWriMo (5) 5 Apr 2016April 28, 2018 AND THE ASSIGNMENT IS: to spend some time looking at the names of heirloom plants from a seed catalog, and write a poem that takes its inspiration from, or incorporates the…
NaPoWriMo… Prisoners of Maniacal March #NaPoWriMo (4) 4 Apr 2016April 29, 2018 AND THE ASSIGNMENT IS: to write a poem in which you explore what you think is the cruelest month, and why. Perhaps it’s September, because kids have to go back…
NaPoWriMo… We Toasted Melancholy #NaPoWriMo (3) 2016 3 Apr 2016May 4, 2018 AND THE ASSIGNMENT IS: to write a poem in the form of a fan letter to a celebrity. Now, this could be a celebrity from long ago, and needn’t be an…
NaPoWriMo… A Gift for the Bride #NaPoWriMo (2) 2 Apr 2016April 29, 2018 AND THE ASSIGNMENT IS: to write a poem that takes the form of a family portrait. ============================================================================ The beveled glass was cloudy and the laminate frame was split; The backing paper…
NaPoWriMo… Out of Practice #NaPoWriMo (1) 1 Apr 2016April 29, 2018 AND THE ASSIGNMENT IS: to write a lune. This is a sort of English-language haiku. While the haiku is a three-line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable count, the lune is…
NaPoWriMo… NaPoWriMo Index 2016 31 Mar 2016May 4, 2018 NaPoWriMo is National Poetry Writing Month. I do not consider myself a writer, I have always been a poet, so ... Let's see if I can catch up, and keep…
Poetry - RainGate Tommy’s Letter #WWI 3 Nov 2014April 29, 2018 Dedicated to all our "Tommys" Half the World away young Tommy was When he put a pencil to paper He needed to tell his girl his thoughts He couldn't do…
Poetry - RainGate Tombstone Coins 13 Feb 2014May 6, 2018 While walking through a national graveyard, well-kept and so preserved; I asked myself "Why?" Was desecration I spied? And closer I went to observe -- An old man, feeble with age, with…
Poetry - RainGate Gardens of Stone 31 Mar 1991April 24, 2018 Brave men -- fallen friends, alert as children show / Flowers fresh from little hands, yet far too young to know A time when men answered a call and tears…