The prompt today is scarce. This was among the easier prompts for me. I think the poem for the prompt could have gone in any number of directions. I’ve enjoyed writing poems to prompts this month so much that I’m considering continuing it. Having a defined word to work with as a starting point has…
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Flowers Forever and a Shower Poem
Hello! It’s Poetry Friday, and Heidi is our host for the round-up this week. But, before you go, I hope you read some of my most recent poems. Thanks for hosting, Heidi. You can find a link to her page at the end of my article. Please read my accompanying post on Medium.com Also, here…
Earth Day & Poetry Month
Today is Earth Day. I pulled out some of my environmental lessons and am working to put them together so I can post them to Teachers Pay Teachers. One idea I had in 2020 was to make a self-study activity card pack on the monarch butterfly for classroom use. Lately, it’s been on my mind…
Altitude in the Colorado Rocky Mountains
This is day nineteen of National Poetry Month. I’ve been in Colorado since last Saturday, visiting my oldest son. We’ve had a lot of fun, and I’ll write more about our time together in the coming weeks. But the Verse of Ages prompt for today is altitude. I’m not completely happy with what I came…
National Poetry Month, Day 18, Magical
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Woman, Overboard! National Poetry Month, Day 17
Today’s prompt word from the Verse of Ages Poetry Prompts for April 2025 is overboard. This is the list from which my poetry prompt has been obtained each day. I am proud of being halfway through the month and being able to write a poem a day this year, so far. Here are the poems…
Hummingbird Hustle Poem for National Poetry Month, 2025, Day #16
National Poetry Month 2025, Day 15
Today’s Prompt word is wonder. I am using the Verse of Ages Poetry Prompts for April 2025. Sapphire Beach is on the Caribbean Island of St. Thomas, which is part of the United States Virgin Islands. We have gone there in the winter to recharge and respite from the cold Wisconsin winters.
National Poetry Month, Day 14: Freedom Speaks
Today’s prompt word is resist. The statue, whose name is Freedom, sat outside the Congressional Auditorium in 2019. She is the same statue whose form sits atop the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. Today, I’ve pretended that she is speaking to her sister, Justice, to resist. We need the Congressional (Legislative) and the Judicial branches…
Elegy: A Lament For The Dead. National Poetry Month, Day 13
“Hi Carol. Dad.” How I miss those words; the words he said when he called to talk to me. I wonder how long it will be before I can no longer clearly hear his voice in my head. Sadly, with time, I know it will fade. With my Dad’s recent passing, my thoughts naturally turned…