A More Positive Perspective

A Long-Awaited Date with a Volcano

Jan 18, 2026 | Photography, Science & Nature, Travel

My husband made all my childhood dreams come true!

(Inter)national Delurking Week!

Jan 5, 2026 | Blogging & Other Internet Oddities, Op-Ed, Technical & How-To

Resolutions, goals, or pantsing it through the New Year? What’s your style?

Scala Decima Inversa

Dec 8, 2025 | Invented Forms, Poetry

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

Dec 2, 2025 | Poetry, Writing

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

Feelin’ Spicy

Nov 22, 2025 | Poetry, Writing

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?”

Nov 21, 2025 | Poetry, Writing

Where will they lead us, this time?

Your Call is Important to Us So Thank You for Your (im)Patience

Nov 20, 2025 | Poetry, Technical & How-To, Writing

Life’s too short for bad hold music. An “explanation” poem NOT to be taken as serious technical support.

Reading Too Quickly for My Own Good

Nov 20, 2025 | Poetry, Writing

Rebelliousness took a dark turn. I guess I should have read more closely and more slowly!

Even Futile Arguments Can Inspire Poetry

Nov 18, 2025 | Poetry, Writing

Idealism can be a curse, but pessimism is probably worse. What can you do?

Jump Scare

Nov 17, 2025 | Poetry, Writing

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?

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.

For Once

Nov 4, 2025 | Poetry, Technical & How-To, Writing