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...
National Poetry Month 2023
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 FormsEach day of April, I'll post a new poem. I've chosen a different poetic form for each...
#ClimatePoemProject
#ClimatePoemProjectPOEM PROMPT: Write a poem about the desertin the voice of a bird, a reptile, an animal, or a...
Progressive Poem: Update!
2022 Progessive Poem is Here! We left on a journey where "there were no maps!" It was filled with chatter, song,...
PoetryFriday: Poem In My Pocket!
Desert Spring Fat ol’ lizard counts pushups in the sun Mourning dove laments: half a shell is found...
THE NEVERMORES: Belonging
a piece of furniture The Nevermores ... With a nod to Edgar Allen Poe, the name for our poetry group, is a reminder of...
Poetry to Ponder: Julie Fogliano
"Reading poetry is an adventure in renewal, a creative act, a perpetual beginning, a rebirth of wonder." (Edward...
PaintChip Poetry: On the Road
Week 4 Prompt: ON THE ROAD Paint Chips: in the dark bone terra-cotta sun rays penny For our fourth (and final?)...
Haiku Saturday – Earth Day
Haiku (or hokku) I love this poetic form! The restricted syllables and lines (typically three unrhymed lines of five,...
#Poetry Friday: Casa Grande
Casa Grande wherein life holds death and death holds life she sits in stillness on a sandstone shelf of...