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…
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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…
Authorship Down
When you first go to writing school, that is, creative writing courses or workshops, they don’t tell you about the marketing side of the business. They don’t tell you that writing is only the beginning, that after the fun stuff comes the business stuff, that if you want to sell your books or stories or…