So my job this month is to write a poem a day and I’m encouraging you to write, too. It doesn’t have to be good. Today’s assignment (at POETRYisEVERYTHING) was to write about the name of a pet. The Pet Cemetery’s First Citizen Turtle (1998-2003) The tortoiseshell cat, taken in as a tiny kitten, a furball […]
In one of those interesting synchronicity moments that sometimes happen (when one pays attention), my husband came home yesterday with a story he heard on Radio Lab, about a fake bus stop created in front of the Benrath Senior Center in Dusseldorf, Germany. It really hit me where I live, and I hope some of […]
This morning — around 10:00 — I went to Staples and printed out my novel manuscript. I meant to take it home and give it to my beloved (he’s my final proofreader), but instead I went to Barnes & Noble and started reading. I have been reading all day! It’s good, I think it’s good. […]
Today’s exercise, again, comes from Chris Jarmick: Find four random words and use them in your poem. Pick up the book you are currently reading, (or the magazine/book near you) and turn to page 101 (or the first page after 101 that has several paragraphs of text). Write down the 20th and 27th word from […]