Entries by Bethany

A Pirate Prompt from Tweetspeak Poetry

Pihttp://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/rate poems! Freedom, adventure on the open sea, long work hours, battles, treasure, and a fantastic wardrobe—the stuff of a pirate’s life (and poems). Source: Pirate Poems: A Pirate’s Life For Me Prompt

The Purpose of a Problem

“The serious problems in life, however, are never fully solved. If ever they should appear to be so it is a sure sign that something has been lost. The meaning and purpose of a problem seem to lie not in its solutions but in our working at it incessantly.” -Carl Jung For several of the […]

Another Poetry Site

Or make that, another “poet sighting.” Here is a NaPoWriMo (yes, that’s a thing) post from Christopher Jarmick’s “Poetry Is Everything” blog. I love the Kunitz epigraph. NaPoWriMo Day 5 for April 5, 2016 April 4, 2016 “End with an image and don’t explain.” ― Stanley Kunitz DAY 5  – NaPoWriMo Prompt for  April 5, 2016  […]

Yes, It Is National Poetry Month

I’ve been feeling a tad bit overwhelmed, so I won’t attempt my post-a-day (let alone the poem-a-day) this month, as I have in previous years. But I do want to make some recommendations. The first is to visit Joannie Stangeland’s blog where she is posting a poetry prompt per day. Here is the first: April […]