May 7, 2021

Occasional Verse with Paint Chips

I know that last week I said we might do a second entry from the P section of the poetry dictionary, but I decided to go backwards instead, back to the O section. It’s the Friday before Mother’s Day—at least it is in the United...

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April 23, 2021

Object Poems with Paint Chips

It’s Friday once again and time for another paint chip poetry prompt. This week we are in the O section of the poetry dictionary. I was torn between two of the entries, until I actually pulled the paint chips and found one that I could...

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April 16, 2021

Narrative Poetry and Paint Chips

Hey there, poetry friends. Sorry for the missed prompt last week. A family issue was taking up all of my thoughts and energy and I just couldn’t get it done. But I’m back and I don’t plan to make a habit of missing Friday prompts....

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March 30, 2021

Thoughts on “Am I Proud?”

Another week and another C.S. Lewis quote to ponder. This one is from one of my favorite Lewis classics Mere Christianity. I confess that it took me three tries to make it all the way through this thought-provoking book, but it was worth the effort....

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March 26, 2021

Paint Chips and a Line of Verse

This week we are in the L section of the poetry dictionary and there were a few fun options to choose from. I did consider limerick, but my cousin Ron already wrote limericks last week. The lai and the lai nouveau were viable options. I’ve...

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March 23, 2021

Thoughts on “What Do I Like to Do?”

For those of you who look forward to my C.S. Lewis musings, my apologies for skipping last week. I was swamped with work related to my position as the Oregon Christian Writers Cascade Writing Contest Coordinator. But I’m back to it now and today I’m...

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March 19, 2021

Paint Chip Poetry Free Write

My apologies to those of you waiting for today’s Paint Chip Poetry Prompt. I’m in the middle of coordinating the Oregon Christian Writers Cascade Writing Contest and it is taking much more time and energy than I thought it would. There is none left over...

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