Tag Archives: new beginnings

Happy New Year – acrostic

Happy New Year! Trusting that this new year will be a successful one on the writing front both in terms of postings here on my blog and in my novel. Welcome to 2015! Hoping A Prolific Poetry Year Naturally Emits … Continue reading

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Follow your passion daily – Acrostic

I’m heading over to a local bar tonight… why? Because it’s open mic night for musicians. This is important because… I enjoy listening to it, playing it, singing it, feeling it… etc. it… A couple of weeks ago, I talked … Continue reading

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Ah the joy – Poem

Ah the joys   Have you ever eyed land Or a pot and thought Yes, this will be awesome And began the vision in your head Shoved a shovel into dirt Turned it over Watched a worm dance In the palm … Continue reading

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Journey – Poem – NaPoWriMo2013

Journey   Do you see where you are on your journey Do you only look five feet ahead Are you thinking about your future Or holding a gun to your head Is it smoking or stress maybe gluttony Or something … Continue reading

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Delivery – A dads view – Poem – NaPoWriMo2013

I was blessed to be able to witness and participate in the birth of all three of my wonderful kids. It’s an amazing, humbling, exciting experience and I thought I’d share a little bit of that here.   Delivery – A dads … Continue reading

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BloomWhereYouHaveBeenPlanted – acrostic – NaPoWriMo2013

As sometimes happens, I see a sentence or phrase, this time on a Niece-in-loves FB post “Bloom where you have been planted” and it grabs me enough to make an acrostic. This one doesn’t seem to flow as well as … Continue reading

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Waking (Response Poem)

Another response poem this one to whimsy~mimsy‘s poem waking. Thanks again for another poem inspiring poem. Hers really is a lovely poem and you should go and read it, even if it means not reading mine. I toyed with just leaving hers alone and … Continue reading

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Almost lost, Hope (Response Poem)

This is my 100 word response poem to Deana’s poem Hope almost lost at MyThoughtsOnTheSubjectAreAsFollows. She wrote it for Velvet Verbosity 100 word challenge – The prompt word is : Shake   Almost lost, Hope (Response Poem)   You who are there Shattered, suffering … Continue reading

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Life – Haiku

Life There is life to live Find it, grab it and hold on It’s well worth the ride Stephen Kellogg – 2013

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Daylight savings – Haiku

Daylight savings Spring has sprung forward Daylight holds on longer now Kids soak up the sun   Stephen Kellogg

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