We are bright moons reflected in other people’s skies
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My latest missives & musings
Bachelor’s buttonhole
April 19, Napowrimo 2026. Today we are charged with picking a flower or two (or a whole bouquet) from this online edition of Kate Greenaway’s Language of Flowers. We are then to write our own poem in which we muse on our selections’ names and meanings. If so inclined, we could even do some outside research…
The Mystery of the missing stanzas
Today we were asked to write a segment of a saga whose style might not be to our poetic taste because they can go on and on. I decided to look at other journeys that may seem to go on and on. For forty days and forty nightsWe headed to the coastTo see the sewage…
Looking into Kaa’s eyes
April 17, Napowrimo 2026. Today we’re asked to respond to another poem. As the prompt’s poet responded to his own work, I thought I’d follow suit. I purposefully wrote this poem to test readers, to make them uncomfortable in their expectation and assumption. I wanted to raise questions about what is socially acceptable in discourse…
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