Bathtub Bathtub is the perfect place wash your elbows, hair and face When the shower lever’s on grit and sweat are quickly gone You could also use your tub wash your puppy or your cub Fill with water and it floats fleet of origami boats Giant vat for washing blinds stamping grapes and making wine… Continue reading What can you do with a bathtub?
For those days when you're scraping the bottom of your idea bin, here's a supply depot. Check out, then bookmark these sites for a wealth of writing ideas (for fiction, non-fiction, blogs and poems). They're just a mouse-click away. 50 Ideas to Immediately Combat Writers Block Creative Writing Prompts (hover your mouse over any number… Continue reading Writing ideas warehouse
It's Black Friday. For me here in Canada, that term was meaningless for most of my life. When I first heard it, I thought it had something to do with a particularly unlucky Friday the 13th or something. Of course those innocent days are gone. Black Friday disease has crossed the border, and even though… Continue reading Black Friday wish list for poets
On Saturday night I experienced a rare confluence of two loves—music and poetry. It was my sister-in-law who alerted us to the fact that Steve Bell was in town. So we bought tickets and caught him in Surrey at only the second stop on his Keening for the Dawn (new Christmas album) tour. Steve, if… Continue reading When song reverberates past the notes
The attack on the twin towers of 9-11 had Claire Coleman making a list of all the people she knew who were missing, and praying for them. After a few days it became apparent that not one had survived. However, even after she knew that, she couldn’t bear to tear up that list. Instead she… Continue reading Good intentions can become Special Intentions (review)
Full Moon Almanac Wolf Moon lights snow-blue fields embossed with paw print trails to where January ghosts howl Ice Moon Snow Moon February’s bluster winds heap white dunes We’ve stocked the cupboard full against Storm Moon Worm Moon March’s wiggly trails of melt, then Crust Moon Spring so white and pure we call her Chaste… Continue reading Full Moon Almanac
If you take some folks seriously, you'll write only one type of thing—short stories, or poetry, or essays. This is so you will get established and known for what you write and readers won't be confused when they see your name (brand). Excellent advice, I'm sure, for those who can follow it. And then there… Continue reading Writing different genres – should you?
I've been keeping up with the November Poem-A-Day poetry prompts at Poetic Asides. Yesterday's was "Talk back to a dead poet. Choose a poem you like by a poet who is no longer living and offer a rebuttal." I chose the poem "Leisure" by W. H. Davies (1871-1940). Here is the original: Leisure What is… Continue reading Leisure these days
Women of Strength - a devotional to improve spiritual and by Kimberly Payne My rating: 5 of 5 stars Kimberley Payne takes us through the year in her devotional e-book Women of Strength. No, that’s not through the year as in 365 devotions, but through it in twenty-four, six each in sections devoted to the… Continue reading Devotional with fit tips (review)
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit by Brenda Ueland My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book made me want to stop reading and start writing. I love Ueland's enthusiasm and her quirky style. Empowering and energizing. What annoyed me about my Kindle version of the book was that… Continue reading This writing classic still energizes (review)
Violet Nesdoly 