June PoWriMo Prompt #22

Today’s prompt is inspired by the summer drink.  A poem I had just gotten accepted was about drinking hot Kool-Aid.  Yes, you read that right. And, yes, I lived to tell about it.  You will have to wait until Sunday to find out more about this drink, in the poem Korean Cherry Tea.

Of course, I thought about all the COLD Kool-Aid I had consume in my younger days.  That, and how nice, refreshing and comforting such drink is during an unbearable heat wave (OK, so that is a stretch in Alaska).

Think about your favorite cool drink.  Think about summer.  Write about it.  And, if you want, you can even contemplate hot Kool-Aid, if you want.  I won’t judge.

 

5 Poems: Five 2 One Magazine’s #thesideshow

I am pleased to announce that Five 2 One Magazine has accepted 5 of my poems for its #thesideshow project.  These poems include: Korean Cherry Tea, October, Shinjang Hills, The Debate and When I Did Sleep.  They go live the 26th.  I’m so excited. I will post when they go up!  Check them out! http://five2onemagazine.com/

 

Poem @ Yellow Chair Review

My poem “Urban Snack” is live in issue #7 @ Yellow Chair Review. Check it out (and others!) at Yellow Chair Review.
http://www.yellowchairreview.com/#!Urban-Snack/q4ysq/576819340cf21d10aa69a727

June PoWriMo

Prompt for the day:
In the most unusual places, I got nostalgic for the 80s. It was in church, of all places, that the pastor mentioned 80s hair bands. Our pastor has a great love for Jim Carey, Modern Family and other facets of pop culture, that he works into each sermon. Today’s sermon included a story about another pastor’s son, his dark poetry and the 80s power ballad: quiet mediation and angst within a 3 minute rotation. I will let your mind fester on that a bit.

I consider myself a late 80s/90s child, and it got me thinking about the trends of that era. Some of the things that came to mind: Voltron (out again!), Barbie, She-ra and Jem. Yes, I was thinking mainly about toys.

Prompt: think of the era in which your grew into maturity. What were the trends, what did you love from the era? Write 5 minutes (or more) about these thoughts.

June PoWriMo Prompt #7

Images and things mean different things to different people.  Take an ordinary thing like glass.  The words “shattered” or “broken” come naturally with glass.

Prompt: What other words can you use with glass? Crumpled glass (in my palm) comes to mind, but what would you use with glass?  Take that thought and run with it.

 

 

Quatrain.Fish Poem

I’m pleased to announce that Quatrain.Fish has accepted a short poem of mine.  I will post when it goes live.  If you are not familiar with Quatrain.Fish, please visit them.  All poems are no more than 4 lines lines.

Brevity with beauty.  Quatrain.Fish.  http://quatrain.fish