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…
Verse of Ages Poetry Prompt for National Poetry Month on April 12, 2025
Today, I am traveling. I know what you’re thinking – hasn’t she had enough travel? Well, I’m on my way to see my oldest son in Colorado. I drove from Northern Wisconsin to the airport in Minneapolis – St. Paul. I was here by 10 a.m. It’s a three-hour drive. I was tired most of…
National Poetry Month, 2025. Day 11, Cascade
Waterfalls are soothing, inspiring, and sometimes triggering. Today’s post is brief. I wrote (and said) too much yesterday. Thanks for stopping by. I love waterfalls. We’ve seen some beautiful ones in Hawaii, Colorado, and Minnesota. The word for today’s poetry prompt is cascade. The haiku came easily today; I am awash in emotion. Note: I…
National Poetry Month, Day 10, 4/10/2025
I’m very much up in the air about Poetry Friday this week. I guess I’ll decide whether to post before the day is over. Last week, I posted just before 3 pm on Friday (2 pm my time), and it turned out to be too little, too late. Hey, I know we’re all busy. And,…
National Poetry Day #9, April 9, 2025
Today, I am attempting a villanelle poem. I’ve always wanted to try writing one of these, so I figured why not now. I read on a few websites how to write a villanelle since it has a specific structure. I will share what I have, but I think I need to consult another website because…
National Poetry Month: Day 8
I started this morning reviewing some blog articles I wrote in 2012, 2013, and 2014 for a website I made for my elementary after-school garden club students and parents. Reading my own words brought back many fond memories of the years I led this group I founded in 2004. It ended in 2017, but then…
National Poetry Month: Day 7
Today’s prompt word is shrill. It is on the list from the Verse of Ages Poetry Prompts for April 2025 for today’s date. Shrill. It’s not an attractive word. It connotes a noise like a scream made in fear or perhaps excitement, like when one is on a roller coaster. It can be used as…
National Poetry Day #6: Using the Prompt Iridescent
When we went to Ireland last fall, my husband and I found the history there fascinating. We spent one of our days hiking in the Glendalough Valley found in the Wicklow Mountains. St. Kevin was a sixth-century monk who first lived in the Glendalough Valley as a hermit. He later founded a monastery at Glendalough….