When in doubt, move

"When in doubt, choose change." : that quotation prompted this fun 8-minute write.

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.

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?

Temperature

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

Swing

I'm in my 40s and I still love to swing on a swing...

Here

The image of a cat's stray whisker led to this poem...

Addiction

You don't always (ever?) know what you're getting with the person you fall in love with...