It's been a long time ( Read more... )

I saw "Rent" Thursday ( Read more... )

I was checking my email and came across this lovely track of poetry. It was under a Rolex advertisement. The subject of this spam is "Re: But leave or often". I suppose it is the title of the poem ( Read more... )

1. Leave me a comment saying, “Interview me ( Read more... )

  In four weeks, when the semester ends I will officially be a "college dropout". During spring break, I decided (with the approval and support of my entire family) to cut the school thing short and see if I have what it takes to write and perform music. My parents are letting me stay at home as long as I get a job. We have set aside a corner of ( Read more... )

The assignment was a revisitation of the previous week's poem. The previous week's assignment was metaphor.

The Turning TideAs the sun fell back on itself ( Read more... )

The assignment/topic/focus was details...

FlightA young woman’s ringless left hand ( Read more... )

The latest poetry assignment was to find the etymological roots of one word that interests us or has a connection with personal memories, experiences or ideas. Using those roots, write a 20-line poem.

My word was music.

A Kind of Music  I once took a date to an out-of-the-way ( Read more... )

The assignment was to focus on our use of grammar, punctuation, and capitalization.

Moments for InstantsInhale ( Read more... )

The prompt I chose was to write in the style of a Ted Kooser poem, therefore, no verbs.
In theory... if it looks like a verb, sounds like a verb, diagrams like a verb, it isn't a verb.

Then again, you know what they say about theories...

Thoughts on the BrainOf sinews of impetuous ( Read more... )