Blog, My Poems, Writing Challenges “Sleepwalker” & The Inspiration Behind It Happy Thursday, everyone! I’m arriving a tad late to the party again today, but I hope you each had a wonderful day, and I…
Blog, My Poems, Writing Challenges “I Remember Her Hair” & The Prompt That Led Me Here Happy Wednesday, everyone! I hope you’re all enjoying your week. I’m doing things a little differently this week, writing poems every day, but in…
Blog, My Poems, Writing Challenges “Where It’s Gone” & The Prompt Behind It Hi everyone! Happy Tuesday! I’m doing things a little differently starting this week, sharing a poem and the writing prompt behind it (I’m back…
Blog, Craft, My Poems “All My Things Are Empty Now” & The Prompt That Wrote It Hello, everyone! I hope you had a nice weekend and are enjoying your Monday. Starting this week, I’m going to do something a little…
Blog, My Poems What Growing Up Tastes Like —A poem today after a long hiatus —Happy International Day of the Girl WHAT GROWING UP TASTES LIKE I sit with my…
Blog, Personal Achievements Reading at LangLab Tonight! & Poem Featured as Creative Writing Prompt Hi everyone! I hope you’re all enjoying your week. Two pieces of fun news for this afternoon— I’ll be reading tonight among friends at…
Poem of the Day Series, Reading Poem of the Day: Ada Limón Help me turn my mind off. Help me be more than a song. The stress like a crow’s open flame. Help me to not…
Poem of the Day Series, Reading Poem of the Day: Kim Addonizio DARKENING, THEN BRIGHTENING The sky keeps lying to the farmhouse, lining up its heavy clouds above the blue table umbrella, then launching them…
Poem of the Day Series, Reading Poem of the Day: Kim Dower HE SAID I WROTE ABOUT DEATH and I didn’t mean to, this was not my intent. I meant to say how I loved…
Poem of the Day Series, Reading (I’m Back) Poem of the Day: Jack Gilbert Hi everyone! I know it’s been a while again. But here I am: quiet little me, doing quiet not-so-little things. I’m in the process…
Blog, Literary Scene, My Poems, Writing Challenges My Dumb Heart —To my fellow Benders, I threw on my grief. MY DUMB HEART is open wide and overflows with water. How I manage…
Blog, Literary Scene, My Poems Dear Emily— —Hope is the thing with feathers. Here is a truth: I thrive on hope. But yet, here is another: if you fill a…
