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Monthly Archives: April 2021
NaPoWriMo – Day Twenty-nine
I listened to Billy Collins talking and reading tonight. And then I listened to a whole lot of people reading a whole lotta poems in celebration of National Poetry Month – an event put on by the Academy of American … Continue reading
Posted in Do the Work, family and friends, haiku, life on the web, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, the creative process, words
Tagged dothework, glasses, haiku, NaPoWriMo, NationalPoetryMonth, process
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NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-eight
Mom texts me to say she’s resting after gardening. she’s been out since eight turning soil filling and emptying the rusty old wheelbarrow scarfing around plants she put in early this year. Now resting happily. I put my feet into … Continue reading
Posted in clouds, Do the Work, family and friends, food, haiku, In the neighborhood, landscape, NaPoWriMo, taking time to look, the creative process
Tagged clouds, dothework, haiku, landscape, NaPoWriMo
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NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Seven
To make up for yesterday’s late post, how about a super early one today? And triggered by the prompt given by NaPoWriMo! Woot! What’s not to like about a sorrow thusly: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows ringlorn adj. the wish … Continue reading
Posted in Do the Work, gardens and flowers, haiku, life around us, Lotr, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, taking time to look, the creative process
Tagged dandelion, dothework, haiku, LoTR, NaPoWriMo, process, TakingTimetoLook
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NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Six
Late but it’s still Day Twenty-six on the left coast. Mom and I went out today – to the art supply store and to an office supply store. `I got the few things I “needed” but there might have been … Continue reading
Posted in covid19, deadline, Do the Work, geeky stuff, haiku, NaPoWriMo, stash, taking time to look
Tagged blackwing, covid19, dothework, haiku, NaPoWriMo, pencil, process
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NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Five
Short and sweet and to the point. sunday modern times the ubiquitous sound of world wide weed-whacking.
Posted in Do the Work, gardens and flowers, haiku, NaPoWriMo, taking time to look, the creative process
Tagged dothework, flowers, gardens, haiku, NaPoWriMo, process
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