Category Archives: Poetry and Lyrics
NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 15
wrinkled with sleep I am waiting,
listening to the crescendo —
water coming to a quick boil… Continue reading
Posted in coffee and tea, Do the Work, gratitude, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, sonnet, taking time to look, the creative process
Tagged coffee, dothework, frenchpress, kettle, lifearoundus, NaPoWriMo, poetry, process, sonnet, TakingTimetoLook
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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 14
Today i set up a text replacement shortcut that replaces the letters “h a ha h a” (no spaces, just three ha’s strung together – couldn’t type them without spaces or it would trigger the shortcut ha ha ha) with a long string of ha ha ha’s. Continue reading
Posted in birds and chickens, Do the Work, geeky stuff, gratitude, In the neighborhood, life on the web, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, sonnet, taking time to look, the creative process, weather
Tagged birds, birdsong, dothework, geekystuff, NaPoWriMo, poetry, process, sonnet, TakingTimetoLook, tech, touchgrass, weather
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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 13
…a stream of hungry mouths, hungry
for green, for sweetness, for that first
delicious bite of soon-summer… Continue reading
Posted in coffee and tea, Do the Work, food, In the neighborhood, landscape, life around us, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, sonnet, taking time to look, the creative process
Tagged clover, coffee, dothework, food, grroundhog, NaPoWriMo, poetry, process, rabbit, sonnet
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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 12
As I got down my dinner plate
As I grabbed a jar of gherkins
I realized that my kitchen had
an overwhelming memory… Continue reading
Posted in Do the Work, family and friends, food, NaPoWriMo, note to self, Poetry and Lyrics, sonnet, taking time to look, the creative process, traditions
Tagged dothework, family, food, hamburger, NaPoWriMo, poetry, process, sonnet, taketimetolook
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NaPoWriMo 2025 Day 11
All winter the gray brown edges
of the old hills roll and flutter… Continue reading
Posted in Do the Work, landscape, life around us, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, sonnet, taking time to look, the creative process, watercolor, weather
Tagged landscape, NaPoWriMo, poetry, seasons, sonnet, watercolor
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