What fun it was to do this interview with Dustin Pickering. He made it easy with his kindness and I didn’t get near as nervous. Thank you, Dustin, for interviewing me.
Tag: poetry
Poem for My Love

Poem for My Love
I’ll shoot this from
my substantial hips
it’s a simple fact
our lips make pacts
I’m a candle
you hold the match
fire me up
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Response to NAPOWRIMO Day 10 (I had to double up today)
Mother’s Heart

Mother’s Heart
My mother’s heart
bigger than Everest
swooned to Mars
dropped to coral
met in meadows
by the undeserved.
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NAPOWRIMO Challenge “Write a poem about a very large thing.”
Rhythm – an Acrostic

Rumpa, pum, pum
Hatchaa, hatchaa, hatchaa
Yuhooee, yuhooee, yuhooee
Tappa, tappa, tappa
Hausha, hausha, hausha
Mmmbah, mmmbah, mmmbah
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This is my Six Sentence Story/Poem. You can check out where to submit HERE
This is my attempt at an acrostic to illustrate rhythm. As you can see, the word is vertical and the rhythm sounds are horizontal. Which direction would you take it? And now…one of my favorites:
Ode to My Derriere

It’s National Poetry Month and I have been writing a poem each day. This one, I decided to share.

