Category Archives: PAD (Poem a Day)

Poem a Day Challenge: Day 12

Posted on November 12, 2012 by

While I have not posted my daily work, I have twelve haiku written for the month. I recently read Ten Ways to Improve Your Haiku by Michael Dylan Welch and found it quite helpful. Having been raised on the 5-7-5 … Continue reading →

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Poem a Day

Posted on November 4, 2012 by

I am following the prompts and one was about the full moon. I love how the moon had many different names: pink moon, beaver moon, blue moon, and it goes on. Here’s my attempt: sanguine moon Illumines clouds of witnesses … Continue reading →

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Poem a Day November Challenge

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

My father always said November was a dark month. His father died this month. My mother contracted non-paralytic polio in November the year she was pregnant with my brother. November began early this year when I had a car accident … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday: Poem a Day (PAD) Recap

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

It’s been thirty days of writing a poem a day.  Many were little jot downs in my journal. Here’s my list: 11/01/11 Sunset haiku 11/02/11 traffic moves 11/03/11 Forking 11/04/11 A Ragged Envelope 11/05/11 Our First Prank 11/06/11 Bird Mystery … Continue reading →

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Poems This Week From My Writing Journal

Posted on November 27, 2011 by

Sipping tea, writing time, and an interrupted robbery all appeared in my writing journal this week.  Here’s a few: For Haiku Heights: urn we sit in silence sip tea from the samovar* weekly ritual *a samovar is an urn for … Continue reading →

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Poem A Day: Some of the Poems I Have Written This Week

Posted on November 20, 2011 by

From my notebook: In candletime light makes its way to darkness In candletime the soul settles reflects the glow from candles of hope and miracles ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dawn breaks quiet ice webs on windshields sparkle we kick leaves shuffle, scuffle as our … Continue reading →

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Poetry Stretch: Ideogram

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

An ideogram looks at letters or numbers and tries to see what is in the shape.  What do you see when you look at the letters? J hang onto the rope which swings over the lake O the shape of ripples … Continue reading →

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Weekend Haiku

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

I wrote two haiku over the weekend.  The first from the prompt at Haiku Heights: obsession.  Meet Buster, he loves the game of fetch. squeak-squeakety-squeak white small soccer ball chaser his obsession And from One Single Impression: hourglass if a … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday: Days 7-11 of the PAD Challenge

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

It’s been a week to have my journal with me to write everyday. It’s those observations of the daily that makes for good writing. Tuesday, November 8: early morning fog tendrils caress the river geese fly overhead Wednesday, November 9 … Continue reading →

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Poem a Day: November

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

This morning with the time change I was awake by 4:30 AM and I felt ready to get up. I do like that about changing back to standard time.  The morning silent, a cup of tea, and time to write. … Continue reading →

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