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July 17, 2022

A Voice for the Voiceless

Voiceless I’m very smallI have no voiceI long to liveI have no choice They say my lifeIs worth lessThan my mom’sHappiness What they don’t seemTo understandIs even thoughI was not planned I’ll bring her joyAnd love galoreA smile, a laughShe can’t ignore Life’s too hardIs...

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July 2, 2022

Don’t Quit

I shared this public-domain poem at the Oregon Christian Writers Cascade Writing Contest Awards Ceremony on June 25, and decided to share it here as well. Don’t Quit by John Greenleaf Whittier When things go wrong, as they sometimes will;When the road you’re trudging seems...

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November 5, 2021

Melancholy Me Talks to God

I’m in California at a writers retreat. I’m learning so much and hanging out with a few other wonderful writers. And yet, this is what I wrote last night after our first session. Why so downcast, Oh my soul? I understand the psalmist’s plea. Here...

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October 29, 2021

Paint Chip Octave No. 5

We’ve made it to the end of the month (almost) and the last October octave prompt. To read the definition of octave and the full instructions for this prompt, read Paint Chip Octave No. 1. You can read my continuing saga about my teddy bear...

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October 22, 2021

Paint Chip Octave No. 4

I’m going to sound like a broken record, but as you can see I’m late again with this Friday’s prompt. But we’re still having another octave prompt in the continuing poem of five octaves. For the definition of octave and the full prompt, see this post from...

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October 15, 2021

Paint Chip Octave No. 3

Well, I’m late again this week. Thursday came filled with things to do and writing this prompt ended up not being one of them. We are in week three of five weeks of related prompts. The challenge for each week is to write the next...

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October 8, 2021

Paint Chip Octave No. 2

Last week we started a month-long quest to write five octaves that are connected as a single poem. My apologies for the late posting of this week’s edition. It’s been that kind of week. For the definition of octave and the full prompt, see this...

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October 1, 2021

Paint Chip Octave No. 1

It’s October 1 and I can’t believe how fast summer left us behind. Sigh. The only thing to do is look forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas, knowing spring can’t be far behind. Have I mentioned that summer is my favorite season? Anyway, I’m always a...

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September 24, 2021

Sestinas and Paint Chips Collide

Hello poets. At the beginning of this month I warned you that the fourth prompt for September would involve writing a sestina. As I began to write this prompt, I was tempted to change course because, well, sestinas are hard to write and I hadn’t...

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