Today’s poem — or attempt at a poem — is an homage to Emily Dickinson. Emily as mother…of my fourteen year old? Here’s her original: I like a look of Agony,Because I know it’s true —Men do not sham Convulsion,Nor simulate, a Throe —The Eyes glaze once — and that is Death —Impossible to feignThe […]
It’s late…but here goes. The prompt was to write a poem referencing 3-5 favorite movies. I must be doing it wrong. Donna Reed I’m sure did not drink wine all afternoon with her girlfriends and gripe about Jimmy Stewart. Remember when we never missed a Woody Allen movie, holding hands and believing an acid quip might […]
Here’s the prompt for today’s poem from POETRYisEVERYTHING: “A poet’s autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.” ― Yevgeny Yevtushenko Welcome to Day 11 of the NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month) challenge. One third of the challenge and poetry month is behind us now. If you are just getting started I hope you’ll set […]
“If writing is your practice, the only way to fail is not to write.” -Gail Sher My assignment today is to write an inappropriate poem. Keep it PG, Chris said, and, Don’t tell me you don’t know what I mean. Here’s my attempt. Told to write an inappropriate poem, I begin thinking about sex, and […]