Today’s prompt for Writer’s Digest Poetic Asides poem-a-day challenge is Two for Tuesday. On Tuesdays, Robert Brewer offers two prompts, but we don’t have to do both. We can do one or both. First prompt: write a clean poem. Second prompt: write a dirty poem. Guess which one I chose? It would probably help to…
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PAD Challenge: Poem No. 6 “Missing God”
Today’s prompt for Poetic Asides’ poem-a-day challenge is about something missing. “Missing God” Where is God When the sky Falls Thunk On my head? Where is God When the sun Falls Clunk On my back? Where is God When the moon Falls Plunk At my feet And the clouds swirl white Into my eyes And…
PAD Challenge: Poem No. 5 “The CN Tower: Toronto’s Landmark”
Today’s prompt for Poetic Asides’ poem-a-day challenge is Landmark. The obvious one for a Torontonian is the CN Tower. Not my best work, but the attempt is what’s important, eh? “The CN Tower: Toronto’s Landmark” The CN Tower. Iconic, Sturdy, Tall. So Toronto. But no longer the tallest freestanding structure in the world Since Dubai…
PAD Challenge: Poem No. 4 “Bee in Camera”
Today’s prompt for Poetic Asides poem-a-day challenge is “to pick an animal; make that animal the title of your poem; then, write a poem.” I had just admired a photo of a bee taken by a fellow Flickrite using a macro lens I’ve been coveting for years and that came to mind when thinking up…
PAD Challenge: Poem No. 3 “The problem with…”
Today’s prompt for Poetic Asides poem-a-day challenge is the phrase “The problem with [blank].” It was raining today, so that was quite the inspiration, that plus some old unfinished poetry. The problem with rain Is the cold Seeping into your bones The drops Easing down your face The wet Flattening your hair The rain Mimicking…
PAD Challenge: Poem No. 2 “Outsider”
As I wrote previously, I’m rising to Poetic Aside’s poem-a-day challenge. Today the prompt is “outsider.” “Outsider” Dinner out The whole family. A special day. A special place. But Brother has a Deathly allergy To fish with shells. He cannot come To this banquet With the whole family.
PAD Challenge: Poem No. 1 “Life”
Writer’s Digest Poetic Asides blogger Robert Lee Brewer is launching for the second time a poem-a-day challenge for the month of April. Now I don’t consider myself a poet, but I thought this might be fun to do and fun to see if I could last the whole month. Basically, every day, he posts a…
Book Review: The Almost Archer Sisters by Lisa Gabriele
When it came time to pick another book to review, I chose the well-received The Almost Archer Sisters by Lisa Gabriele (Doubleday Canada, 2008). According to the back cover, it’s about a young mother and her relationship with her fast-living sister Beth and how one weekend “Beth upends everything Peachy thought she knew about being…
Nibbles of Chocolate
“Never trust anyone who tells you they don’t eat desserts. You know, those people who look at you smugly when you offer your pièce de résistance and say, ‘Oh, I couldn’t; this dessert is too rich!’ We simply respond with, ‘We don’t understand the concept of ‘too rich’ — or ‘too chocolaty’ for that matter.”…