Today’s prompt for Writer’s Digest Poetic Asides poem-a-day challenge is to write a farewell poem. It’s tough to say goodbye, especially when one is feeling dead tired. But I gave it a shot. And so endeth a very interesting month for me. I discovered I can write poems, some good, some yawn, some frustrating to [...]

Today’s prompt for Writer’s Digest Poetic Asides poem-a-day challenge is easier than yesterday’s. Phew. We are to title our poems “Never (blank)” and fill in the blank with a word or phrase. I chose a word “Found.” “Never Found” Where did my blue-eyed boy go? He’s lost in his mind, Lost to his soul. Who [...]

Today’s prompt for Writer’s Digest Poetic Asides poem-a-day challenge is to write a sestina, or since it’s Two for Tuesday, write about a sestina. I didn’t think I could do this, but gave it a whirl anyway and got caught up in the challenge. I’ve started each line with a capital letter so if the [...]

Today’s prompt for Writer’s Digest Poetic Asides poem-a-day challenge is to write a poem of longing, a person longing for someone, a cat longing to get out, longing for love. The formatting didn’t work well on the Poetic Asides blog; I’m having some trouble getting it right here too, but at least it’s close enough. [...]

Today’s prompt for Writer’s Digest Poetic Asides poem-a-day challenge is to write a poem involving miscommunication. “Love Denied” He said, it’s your fault. She said, I’m hungry. He said, you’re clingy. She said, I need water. He said, you don’t love me. She said, pass me some bread. He said, I’m leaving you. She said, [...]

Today’s prompt for Writer’s Digest Poetic Asides poem-a-day challenge is “to pick an event; make that event the title of your poem; and then write a poem.” “Spring Play” Check the tickets one more time to make sure got the day right, the game right. Join the throngs in the tunnel from subway to ball [...]

Today’s prompt for Writer’s Digest Poetic Asides poem-a-day challenge is to write a travel-related poem, some sort of movement from point A to point B. For some reason, my mind went immediately to bees, maybe because I’d just been checking out my roses. “The Travelling Bee” The rotund bee, With its fat yellow and black [...]

Today’s prompt for Writer’s Digest Poetic Asides poem-a-day challenge is to write a poem of regret, but the word “regret” does not have to be in it. “Books Unmet” Jane Austen, her Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, next to Charles Dickens, with his Hard Times and his Little Dorrit, akin to T.S. Eliot’s The [...]

Today’s prompt for Writer’s Digest Poetic Asides poem-a-day challenge is to write a work-related poem. “The Lucky Ones” The lucky ones are the ones who can work, to earn an income, to support their spouse, their mom, or just to take a friend out to lunch. The lucky ones are the ones who are able [...]