Hi everyone! Today is day twenty-six of the national poetry month competition, and also Colleen’s weekly Tanka Tuesday challenge #271. Today, I’ve combined the two challenges into one. Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-SIX: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Six … …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-Five of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-FIVE: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Five … Today’s (optional) prompt is based on the aisling, a poetic form that developed in Ireland. An …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-Four of the national poetry month competition and the last Sunday. Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-FOUR: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Four … Hard-boiled detective novels are known for their use of vivid similes, often …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-Three of the national poetry month competition. Only seven more days to go! Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-THREE: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Three …Write a poem in the style of Kay Ryan, whose poems …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-Two of the national poetry month competition. Two-thirds of the way through, already! Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-TWO: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Two … In honour of today’s being the 22nd day of Na/GloPoWriMo 2022, I’d …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-One of the national poetry month competition. Two-thirds of the way through, already! Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-ONE: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-One … Write a poem in which you first recall someone you used …
Hi everyone! Today, I have a book review for fellow friend and one of my favourite authors, Staci Troilo. This is the third book in her Keystone Couples series >>> About the Book: When you grow up on a vineyard, …
#BookReview: Between the Vines by Staci Troilo @stacitroilo Read more »
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty of the national poetry month competition. Two-thirds of the way through, already! Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty … Write a poem that anthropomorphises a kind of food. It …
Hi everyone! Today is day nineteen of the national poetry month competition, and also Colleen’s weekly Tanka Tuesday challenge. Today, I’ve combined the two challenges into one. Here’s my offering >>> DAY NINETEEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Nineteen … write …
Hi everyone! Today is day eighteen of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY EIGHTEEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Eighteen … This prompt is based on Faisal Mohyuddin’s poem “Five Answers to the Same Question.” Today, I’d like …
Hi everyone! Today is day seventeen of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY SEVENTEEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Seventeen … This prompt was developed by the comic artist Lynda Barry, and it asks you to think about …
Hi everyone! Today is day sixteen of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY SIXTEEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Sixteen … Write a curtal sonnet. This is a variation on the classic 14-line sonnet. The curtal sonnet form …
Hi everyone! Today is day fifteen of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY FIFTEEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Fifteen … This one may seem counter-intuitive, but today I’d like to challenge you to write a poem …
Hi everyone! Today is day fourteen of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY FOURTEEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Fourteen … Today’s challenge is a fun one: write a poem that takes the form of the opening scene …
Hi everyone! Today, I have a book review for an author new to me. I saw this book on a Bookbub list that didn’t include the UK, so I couldn’t get the deal, which is often the case, sadly. Anyway–happily–my …
#BookReview: For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing @smariedowning Read more »
Hi everyone! Today is day thirteen of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY THIRTEEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Thirteen … Today, in honor of the potential luckiness of the number 13, I’d like to challenge you …
Hi everyone! Today is day twelve of the national poetry month competition, and also Colleen’s weekly Tanka Tuesday challenge. Today, I’ve combined the two challenges into one. Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWELVE: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twelve … write …
Hi everyone! I have exciting news to share today … I’m part of a poetry anthology, and the book is out now! I’m thrilled to join some truly skilled poets in this amazing collection. Here are the contributors … …
Hi everyone! Today is day eleven of the national poetry month competition. I missed yesterday, as my Saturday ended up being more full on than I’d anticipated. Here’s my offering >>> DAY ELEVEN: [Instructions:] Write a poem about a very …
Hi everyone! Today is day ten of the national poetry month competition. I missed yesterday, as my Saturday ended up being more full on than I’d anticipated. Here’s my offering >>> DAY NINE & TEN [Instructions:] Day nine asked for …
Hi everyone! Today is day eight of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY EIGHT: [Instructions:] Name your alter-ego, and then describe him/her in detail. Then write in your alter-ego’s voice. Maybe your alter-ego is a streetwise …
Hi everyone! Today is day seven of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY SEVEN: [Instructions:] Write a poem that argues against, or somehow questions, a proverb or saying. They say that “all cats are black at …
Hi everyone! Today, I have a book review for a beautiful book of poetry by an author new to me, Anneliese Dahl >>> About the Book: For those who enjoy heartfelt poetry, Anneliese Dahl shares, in this book of short …
Hi everyone. Exciting news today! After quite a long absence from the Vocal platform, I’ve written a fictional piece for the Ship of Dreams competition. This is based on the tragedy of the sinking of the Titanic as its 110th …
Hi everyone! Today is day six of the national poetry month competition. Apologies to those of you who received a post alert for today, which I hit the button way too soon! That one, I deleted as quickly as I …
Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, my poetry is doing double duty: it is a fit for both Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge and also for Day 5 of the NaPoWriMo April 30-Day challenge. I had some good fun with this! SO: from …
Hi everyone. Today, it gives me immense pleasure to have fellow author, Story Empire contributor, and friend, C S Boyack, over to visit. Craig has some fun stuff for us as well as what promises to be a fun new …
#NewBook: Good Liniment by C S Boyack @virgilante #TheHatSeries #Kindle Read more »
Hi everyone! Apparently, April is National Poetry Month, and NaNoWriMo has launched a 30 day poem-a-day challenge. I kind of missed the start, and am coming in on day four. So you get four poems in one day from me …
Hi everyone! Today, I have a book review for a great read from fellow author and blogging friend, Jacquie Biggar. Confession: I’ve had this one on my ereader for far too long, lols. Anyhoo … here’s my review–at last >>> …
#BookReview: My Baby Wrote Me a Letter by Jacquie Biggar @JacqBiggar Read more »
Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for us to create a syllabic poem based on our day. We were asked to take a snapshot and write a poem. As ever, we need to avoid …