Come for the Mysteries. Stay for the Characters.
To go along with this month’s theme of love and romance, I have a poetry prompt for Valetine’s Day. You can share in the comments any kind of poem about Valentine’s Day you are inspired to write–haiku, limerick, acrostic, sonnet, any kind. To read my Valentine’s Day haiku from last year, click here. Below is… Continue Reading →
While I was biking one morning, the lines of a poem began forming in my head. The first lines can take the poem in several directions, and I thought it would be fun for you to help me finish this poem of faith. I’ll give you the first two lines and then you can take… Continue Reading →
I’m taking a different approach to my last writing prompt about endings. Write a poem for 2022 that sums your experiences in the year. I decided to go with a haiku. Fear, worry, and doubt Clenching tighter and tighter. Father breaks them all. JPC Allen I’d love to read your poem, in whatever poetic form… Continue Reading →
I love to write poetry. The art form is such a change of pace from writing mysteries. Nature usually is the catalyst to inspire me, and when it does, the result is almost always poems of faith. One place in nature that sparks my poetic side is the river by our house. I find such… Continue Reading →
New month, new theme! April is national poetry month. I decided to combine music and poetry as my theme since aspects of the two arts overlap. I was going to have a prompt for a spring haiku today, but then a poem came to me that was strictly modern, so I settled on a prompt… Continue Reading →
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