Poetry Articles

Scala Decima Inversa

It’s harder to go down the up staircase! Almost harder than writing a double-acrostic, and probably for similar reasons.

Peace, Fragile as a Seashell

A poem inspired by Vinitha Dileep’s Fiction Monday prompt for December 1, 2025.

Feelin’ Spicy

Poets responding to other poems is an old tradition – using the original poem as a prompt, a springboard, an invitation to a conversation.

Rabbit Holes and the Incessant “Why?”

Where will they lead us, this time?

Feelin’ Spicy

Feelin’ Spicy

Poets responding to other poems is an old tradition – using the original poem as a prompt, a springboard, an invitation to a conversation.

Jump Scare

Jump Scare

How is it that we know the tropes – they are, by definition, cliché – and yet, they can still make us feel something like fear or anticipation?

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Naani Naani November’s Here!

Naani Naani November’s Here!

Not doing NaNoWriMo these days, but maybe I can write 30 poems in a month. Or not. One of these is inspired by Robert Brewer’s 11/1/25 prompt for the PAD challenge; the other is a form I was challenged to try by Barbara Ehrentreu.

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