Category: words

An update on this post from 2017: A little box A little handle (remember when it was string?) For little hands The circus is closing Will there still be animal crackers? The lion and polar bear are listed as vulnerable The gorilla and elephant are listed as endangered Will there still be animals? The animals […]

First to writer’s group Reflections as narrative A boredroom for one

Every morning I have coffee on the deck. Every morning there are spider webs, but I never saw the spider. Until this morning. There you are! The nightly architect The geometric genius Are you here for the sunrise, too? Architect, from Greek arkhi and tekton, chief builder

I want     a poem to begin     in turbulence with milky quartz     full of electricity looking inert     hushed but broadcasting      secrets into the universe     of rhyme I want     a genre a place     a locker to hang my coat     […]

A crusade, movement, march A heckler, proletariat and slave A blaze, flare and beacon Bully, brute and murderer Fanatic, zealot and addict A daily revolution

A random pic for a poetry prompt that has you use a randomizer. I generally do not like or use word generators or randomizers, because, well, I think I can put my own words together just fine, thank you, but I decided to play along. I went down the randomizer path. (Get what I did […]

Breakfast on the deck Coffee, oatmeal and June third Portulaca bloom At the bird feeder A catbird with her fledgling Monday motherhood Leftover flowers The farmer’s market bargain Yellow June zinnias A little pale and leggy But so is Monday morning   I sat down to sketch to spend one hour of Monday with my […]