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NaPoMo 2013 – Day 3
3 for 3! And while these are very rough drafts, and the feedback at the PFFA is meant to be complete and utter fluff, I am encouraged to see that people are finding some enjoyable moments in them. In...
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NaPoMo 2013 – Days 4 & 5
So I got a little behind. Yesterday was a busy day at work, mostly because I took today off, so I spent my lunch hour trying to catch up on work instead of writing a poem. But that’s ok! Because today!...
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NaPoMo 2013 – Day 6
Still in it! I feel like I am starting to get into the groove, where the poems are happening and I am just letting them happen. It’s a good feeling. Onward! NaPoMo Day 6 Links: Rachel’s Day 6 Poem:...
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NaPoMo 2013 – Days 7 & 8
So I fell behind a day again – yesterday was too, too beautiful here in South Jersey to spend time looking at a computer screen (which is how I write), so instead I spent the day digging in the dirt in...
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NaPoMo 2013 – Days 9 & 10
It appears we have something of a pattern established here: skip a day, then write two. Hmph. But again, I am caught up! So enjoy these two poems for Days 9 and 10, and then some more poems written by...
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NaPoMo 2013 – Day 11
Ok, ok, I’m behind again. But the first week of April, I was able to write during lunch breaks at work. As the month wears on, so does the work, and it’s been difficult for me to steal a few minutes,...
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NaPoMo Days 12, 13 and 14
Here I am again. Catching up – but not entirely. Today’s news out of Boston is overwhelming and terrible. My heart is aching. After a wonderfully centering class at the karate school tonight, I came...
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NaPoMo Day 15
Nearly there – I am halfway to my goal of 30 poems in 30 days, and I have raised nearly $700 in pledges for the Bullycide Project! If you don’t know what I’m talking about, check this out – it’s an...
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Stop posting that viral video about the kid who wants to “Fitch the Homeless.”
People. Please. Here’s why: In theory, this is an interesting idea. Notice I said “interesting.” Not “good.” In practice, it’s troubling. I think the kid’s intentions are not bad. But I also think he...
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weekend in pictures
It was a good weekend. Not long enough, even though it was 4 days long. But is it ever long enough? (top row, l-r: rotgut, do not drink; alan cumming; wading river) (middle row, l-r: artichoke dinner;...
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summer in review
Well hello blog. The summer is over, and with it any vague ideas I had about blogging my way through it. Oh well. Here’s what happened: First, a road trip through West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee:...
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getting away, coming back
This weekend was the 21st annual Winter Poetry and Prose Getaway, hosted by Murphy Writing Seminars. As always, it was an incredibly fruitful weekend, during which I immersed myself in the work of four...
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so that one may walk in peace
In three weeks, I’ll be departing for a week-long intensive training course in Krav Maga. The goal of the course is to be certified to instruct classes. If I am successful, I will be permitted to teach...
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ready to strike
I returned home Friday from the week-long Krav Maga training course. It was intense and difficult, and I won’t find out if I passed until sometime later this week. I am proud of myself, though, for...
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out of that i have written these songs
Gearing up for National Poetry Month, I’m just going to put this here for a second.
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NaPoMo, Day 1
Today is the kickoff of National Poetry Month. WOOOOO! It’s like Poetry Christmas! I am once again participating in the 30-in-30 challenge, posting at the PFFA. I’ll be linking to the poems from here,...
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NaPoMo, Day 2
I think I failed to mention yesterday that I am using a theme this month for my 30-30 challenge. All poems will be prompted in some way by a song – whether it’s the title, the lyrics, the music itself,...
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NaPoMo, Day 3
It should not surprise anyone that google-imaging “Syria” or “Syria civil war” turns up really intense, disturbing images. This one is one of the least disturbing, and this was the springboard for...
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NaPoMo, Days 4 & 5
Today is April 5. Today is the day Kurt Cobain died. Today is also the day Layne Staley died. I came of age in the 90s – I learned about sadness, about anger, about love and greed and jealousy and...
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NaPoMo, Day 6
Sometimes you hear something a person said, and it continues to hurt you ages after the saying happens. Day 6 Rachel’s Poem at the PFFA: The True Way of All Flesh Someone Else’s Awesome Poem: Cynthia...
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