Following my heart, Daring to dream, Living without regrets
Poems based on nature, love, relationships and everyday life. I see poetry in everything. Welcome to a world of magic.
I can’t get over the fact that actor Irrfan Khan passed away today (Wednesday) due to a colon infection. After battling a rare type of cancer, the actor came back and acted in the Hindi movie ‘Angrezi Medium,’ released on 13/3/2020, which I watched last week. His mother passed away on Saturday at the age…
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Today’s (optional) prompt is brought to us by the Emily Dickinson Museum. First, read this brief reminiscence of Emily Dickinson, written by her niece. And now, here is the prompt that the museum suggests: Martha Dickinson Bianchi’s description of her aunt’s cozy room, scented with hyacinths and a crackling stove, warmly recalls the setting decades later. Describe…
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And now for our (optional) prompt. Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem in the form of a review. But not a review of a book or a movie of a restaurant. Instead, I challenge you to write a poetic review of something that isn’t normally reviewed. For example, your mother-in-law, the…
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And now for our prompt (optional, as always). This is one that we’ve used before, but one test of a good prompt is that you can come back to it! For this prompt, you will need to fill out, in five minutes or less, the following “Almanac Questionnaire.” Then, use your responses as to basis…
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Because it’s a Saturday, I have an (optional) prompt for you that takes a little time to work through — although you can certainly take short-cuts through it, if you like! The prompt, which you can find in its entirety here, was developed by the poet and teacher Hoa Nguyen, asks you to use a long poem…
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