Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
Promptly Sestina, He Said “Write a sestina,” he said, and here I sit with eighty seconds to compose. I hate writing to a time limit and a prompt. I was suckered in by the romance of, National Poetry Month. Some of us have to work you know. I don’t get [...]
There once was a gnat named Nat. Upon my fork he sat. I said, “I am eating! I’ll give you a beating!” So I squished him and Nat was flat. CLA This is not from a poetry prompt. This is from my Pasta Alfredo last night! A gnat was actually [...]
Elsewhere Teenage strife clashes with parents tomorrow lurks beyond the moon and life seems about to happen elsewhere…. CLA Poetic Asides, Day 27 Prompt: write a poem about longing [...]
Tradition vs. Innovation One advocates change. The other stands on its laurels. One wants total renovation. The other is content with the status quo. One wants to maintain. The other wants to destroy and rebuild. Each seeks total control. Debate, their first-born child, Is abandoned. Compromise, their next-born, Is rejected. [...]
Super Market Grocery shopping I must go, Got to get some food, you know. Here’s a magazine. Here’s a book. At the videos, I must look. I simply must browse through the wine, To sip upon while we dine. Next stop — one of my favorite places, Full of flowers [...]