We dreamed

When I was small, I dreamed in greyscale...

Sex is a French crepe

Ah, the power of poetry: to explore a simple image or metaphor and discover a whole world in there...

Hexagram 63: Water Over Fire

I read this piece at the WCC Ottawa Spoken Word Cafe recently. It's a poem from one of my own prompts. I've been playing with the Yi Ching as a tool for writing inspiration and when I threw hexagram 63, this poem came forth...

Two legs and a bum

It's interesting to observe the unconscious mind, to see where a random suggestion or starting point can take you once the words start to flow.

The Lamp

A simple object became the entry point for a poem about the luxury of words.

GDT650SMJ2ES

A poem about a dishwasher, inspired by an Airbnb experience plus a prompt to write about any single object in the chalet.

Bonsai poem

The prompt for this poem was to begin writing using the words, "I am but..."

Water

Two short poems inspired by a single poem by Pablo Neruda...

How to be Ageless

Sometimes, I feel ageless. When does that happen for you?

Botanophobia

Truly, there is a phobia for anything. I half-have botanophobia...

Wheat was first

Yearly, my body rejects something new. Wheat was first...

Temperature

A little poem about connection and how we come to each other's attention.