Category Archives: WRITING CHALLENGES

P-I-P * or A Poet’s Process

*POETRY-IN-PROGRESS Cursor stabs on blank white screen While “What will I write today?” loudly screams (of course-screams are LOUD, unless, they’re silent)                                       … Continue reading

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ISN’T IT ICONIC?

“Grandfather, I have been searching for you all day,” the young Miwok said, stumbling upon his tribe’s Shaman. From a distance, the old man looked like a stone replica of himself—standing tall and powerful, as he was meant to be. The … Continue reading

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2 A.M.

 Today’s writing challenge hosted by The Daily Post at WordPress.com  got my blog juices flowing. The prompt:  It’s 2AM and your phone has just buzzed you awake, filling the room in white-blue LED light. You have a message. It’s a photo. No … Continue reading

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MOTHER LOVE – an Earth Day tale

  Sweating and belching, the young mother rolls into the Emergency Room at precisely one minute before midnight. The attending physician’s eyebrows take on the appearance of his last patient’s electro-cardiogram a moment before her death. “What is it this … Continue reading

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