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Creating Autumnal Myths: A Poetry Exercise

Here in Silicon Valley, the incredible heat wave of last week has passed and the cooler breezes of autumn are here. I'm enchanted. As I...

Harvest of Words: A Poetry Exercise

When I lived on the East Coast, I looked forward to the abundance of fall leaves each year. My girls and I would gather them, creating...

Water Power

As I’ve been sorting through my poems with an eye at submission and a possible collection/chapbook, I’ve noticed the frequency with which...

Surrealism, Nature, and Poetry

I draw heavily from nature both when writing and creating visual art. Often the images that come to me when I create, while based on...

Writing the Extraordinary

Throughout our lives, we experience Extraordinary things, events, people, and places. Just as I think of creative masterpieces and...

Fueling the (Creative) Fire: Prompted Brainstorming

When your work involves being creative, it's hard to come up with new ideas day after day, hour after hour. To maintain a creative life,...

Father's Day Writing Prompt!

Happy Father's Day! To help celebrate all the fathers in our lives, here's a little writing inspiration using a photograph of a man and...

Poetry Workshop Wonders: List-Definition Poems

Today I had the privilege of spending time in one of my favorite places with my favorite people: a community creativity workshop. This...

Writing Prompt: Using Facebook to Craft Poems (and other types of writing)

Facebook and poetry may not seem like they go together - at least not from the perspective of using Facebook to generate poetry. But I'm...

Creativity Prompt: Horoscope Poetry

Some people swear by the messages in the stars, some find them amusing and harmless, and others find them offensive. No matter your take...

Writing Poetry with Warm Ups!

There are many parallels between writing and exercise. With both, it can be challenging to get started. We’ll swear tomorrow’s the day we...

National Poetry Month: Playing with Form!

Check out the original post on my Cupertino Poet Laureate website! It’s April, and that means it is National Poetry Month! Even though I...