NaPoWriMo & Something Small, Every Day: A Quick & Dirty Ditty

Baby girlMake smoke of marbleChampagne of lifeLet laughing dance toWomanly likes It’s day 12 of NaPoWriMo & I visited the online Magnetic Poetry Kit. Not bad advice, huh? My “Something Small, Every Day (or so)” series is inspired by Austin Kleon’s piece here where he says, “Building a body of work (or a life) is all about the slow accumulation of a day’s worth of effort over time.” Continue reading NaPoWriMo & Something Small, Every Day: A Quick & Dirty Ditty

Something Small, Every Day (or so): Spring Soak

Spring Soakbirds breeze overhappy wanderbetween root and tendrilspirited song thickly moistgreen and freshseeding a sanctuaryfor a long sweet spring Spring is here and bees are buzzin’. I am here for it! Poem created via the Magnetic Poetry Kit online. My “Something Small, Every Day (or so)” series is inspired by Austin Kleon’s piece here where he says, “Building a body of work (or a life) is all about the slow accumulation of a day’s worth of effort over time.” Continue reading Something Small, Every Day (or so): Spring Soak

Something Small, Every Day (or so): In the Midnight Hour

In the Midnight Houra thousand recallstonguemoanwhispershadow sleeping stormscry hot man-made howls Today I used the Magnetic Poetry Kit online for inspiration. But instead of scrolling through different pages of words, I chose all my words from the first word page presented. It came out a bit on the dark side. My “Something Small, Every Day (or so)” series is inspired by Austin Kleon’s piece here where he says, “Building a body of work (or a life) is all about the slow accumulation of a day’s worth of effort over time.” Continue reading Something Small, Every Day (or so): In the Midnight Hour

Something Small, Every Day (or so): Prayer

Not life rippedfrom a mad crush, rawBut let their loved ones spring from skin suitslike music, soaring together,chanting a thousandmoon lit symphonys My “Something Small, Every Day (or so)” series is inspired by Austin Kleon’s piece here where he says, “Building a body of work (or a life) is all about the slow accumulation of a day’s worth of effort over time.” I used the Magnetic Poetry Kit Online to create this poem/prayer. The header photo is by me. Continue reading Something Small, Every Day (or so): Prayer

Something Small, Every Day (or so): Pie in the Sky

Pie in the Skysmile ferociously with steelyeyes and stormy visionsmash the windows closedAgainst your intentbreak the glass fling its shardsInto clouds of resolvecutting your lingering ghostskiss the nakedness of avoluminous sky Today I used words from the Magnetic Poetry Kit. The embolden words were in the list. Photo by me. Continue reading Something Small, Every Day (or so): Pie in the Sky