Writing Articles
Poetry Forms Challenge 2026: “Pirouette”
Poetic Inspiration or Lack Thereof
Writing prompts don’t always work well for me. Here are some of the things I use, when feeling “uninspired,” instead. Feel free to give them a try if you’re facing a bit of “writers block.” Or go out into the sunshine, paint a picture, work on a puzzle – do something else for a while. Writing well is work, but it shouldn’t be so HARD.
Xanthippe
Within a Shell
Shells tell countless tales before becoming grains of sand to make a beach, to drift into a dune, and everything we are is built upon the bones and shells crushed beneath the weight of a billion stories.
Villanelle: The Reaping
Usurped Emotions
It’s not just boys who are taught to hide their emotions. We all are, as if feeling anything – positive or negative – is a sign of weakness.
Thorn in Ethel’s Side, and Other Forgotten Characters
Poetry has always served as an aid to memorization. Maybe these little limericks will give new life to forgotten letters of the English alphabet. But I doubt it. I doubt it very much.
Scalable Society
Social media platforms, like train platforms, have the power to bring people together from all over the world. But they can also divide us and send us hurtling in opposite directions. Mind the gap.
Rise
I remember singing “Row, row, row your boat” at the nursing home where my great-grandmother lived, thinking the lyrics “Life is but a dream” were “Life goes down the drain.” It was terrifying. I’ve never looked at old age – OR drains – the same way since.
Quillfish
