Category Archives: Poetry Friday

This is my third year participating in The Progressive Poem. Irene got us started off with a line she lifted from The Imaginaries by Emily Winfield Martin. So far the poem has taken an interesting path – a conversation, a … Continue reading →

Happy Poetry Month! As I’ve done for a few years now (sometimes successfully, sometimes not so), I intend to write a daily poem in April. This year I added a theme to the project: Flowers from A-Z. I’ll write a … Continue reading →

The prompt this week for the Nevermores (a poetry writing group at Inked Voices) was to write a color poem. I love writing color poems! I wrote them in classes with kids of all ages when I was teaching, so … Continue reading →

The weather in March is unpredictable, at least here in the northeast. This week we had record warmth, followed by wet snow. And wind, blustery wind. The lawn wore a silvery blanket of frost this morning. I watched it evaporating … Continue reading →

I recently joined a small poetry group, The Nevermores, at Inked Voices. We take turns providing a prompt, then post sometime during the week. This past week, Patricia was inspired by a very poetic name she heard, so she challenged … Continue reading →