Today’s creative writing prompt was simple: Craft a story or a poem based on the metaphor “A flourish of hate”. Only it wasn’t actually simple at all.…
I spent yesterday in Glasgow visiting the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. It’s one of those places I can return to over and over again. In fact, I’ve…
Today is just a random poetry day… And I wait By Just Frances I draw in a breath; long and slowAnd I waitDesperately, hopelesslyI wait…
I have finally taken the garbage out. And—more importantly—the recycling. Though I admit that it happened too late. I’ve just been so crazy these past…
There is a man who appears in my dreams who isn’t Paul. In my dreams, we’re madly in love. And much like the widow dreams…
Since I turned in my dissertation draft yesterday, I’ve decided that I am going to take a week’s holiday to rest and unwind before I…
When I was in high school, my sister (I think?*) wrote a poem that went something like this: Lonely, all alone by Celeste Mills* Lonely,…
I wrote this poem a few weeks ago, when life was going great and my future was filled with hope: job prospects; PhD funding opportunities;…
Oh dear, it’s been more than a week since I last posted. Sorry about that. It’s not that I’ve been sitting at home sulking though.…
It’s time to answer another of your questions so I’m going back to the first request to write about a poem that has stirred great emotions for…
It’s a poetry day again. I don’t know if this is any good, and I may play with it a bit before calling it final,…
What’s that? The Martinis! Facebook page is running a poetry competition? And I do love a nice Martini, so how can I resist that? The…
Once again, I’ve found myself with a lower-than-ideal platelet count. Well, it was very low last week (13!) and I had them re-tested today. Hopefully…
I’ve written about Lent and my beliefs in the past (2010; 2011) but try as I may, this year I couldn’t come up with the…
I don’t know what compelled me to play poet again today, but compelled I was, so you get to read my latest attempt at literary expression. I…
It’s been nearly eight months since I last wrote a poem (horrible or otherwise) for you. Well, for me, actually. So, tonight I decided to…
I’ve been thinking about a poem for several days now and started on a draft this evening. I’m not completely happy with what I have…
I don’t know that my day started off badly, but it didn’t start off happy. Stress has been preventing me from getting a proper night’s…
When I’m feeling stressed I turn to my writing prompts. Today, that meant working on a new form poem, which led me to writing a…
Oh, how I hate being sick. Even worse it when it’s just “the common cold” because there isn’t anything you can do about it—other than…