30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 FormsThe Imayo The Japanese poetic form, Imayo, has four lines, each with 12 syllables....
H is for Haiku
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 FormsHaiku Haiku is both easy and hard. This, from Michael Dylan Welch who explains that...
G is for Golden Shovel
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 FormsRules for a Golden Shovel (from Writer's Digest) Take a line (or lines) from a poem...
F is for Fibonacci
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 FormsA Fibonacci is... ...a six-line poem with the syllable count1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8. It was...
E is for Ekphrastic
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 FormsEkphrastic poetry... ...is poetry inspired by another form of art! I spent an...
D is for Definito
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 FormsA definito is... ...a very fun creation from poet, passionate climate-activist, and...
C is for Cinquain
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 FormsCinquain - "sing-kane" I've been creating cinquains almost daily for the past year...
B is for Blackout
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 FormsWhat is a blackout poem? A blackout poem starts with an established text—like in a...
A is for Acrostic
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 FormsA BIT ABOUT FORM: ACROSTIC Acrostic poetry is very easy and fun. The most basic form...
#ClimatePoemProject
#ClimatePoemProjectPOEM PROMPT: Write a poem about the desertin the voice of a bird, a reptile, an animal, or a...
Haiku Saturday: Stellar’s Jay
Deja vu... it's Spring (again) In the spirit of my seasonal whiplash, it is Spring in the Sierras. Snow greeted my...
Haiku Saturday: Gardening
Thinking of Spring I have not crafted a haiku since the end of National Poetry Month! This week I was sidelined by...