Intended
Day 4 prompt: small (haiku) downsized gown grips small anxious frame. swallow hard. step. must not disappoint.
Author Archives: bethnyland
Gray Valentines
Day 3 prompt: Valentine’s Day Teacher Valentine’s Day Two weeks away Bring cards for all Just something small […]
Details
Day 2 prompt: in the details They say “Don’t sweat the small stuff” I say feel the heat Like a chef over a steaming pot Whose petite pinch of salt […]
Facing Punctuation
Day 1 prompt: something about you As your mouth crowds Toward your right ear One deep dimple pools Into a period Maybe end of discussion More […]
365 Days of Poetry
On the heels of my first successful NaNoWriMo, I’m taking on a creative 365 challenge for 2012. One poem each day. The blog is here. May as well use it […]
Ray Bradbury
My stories run up and bite me in the leg — I respond by writing them down — everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea […]
Jerome Jerome
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. Wasting time […]
William Thackery
There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write. William Makepeace Thackeray, novelist (1811-1863)
Tug-of-War
My ambition to write is playing tug-of-war with a small army of anti-writers. They are strong, crafty opponents. I wake early, intending to spend 30 minutes with my journal before […]
Restless
Last night I labeled myself “restless.” Today I appreciate this fuller possible explanation … perhaps I am working to to get a messy brain in order. (Almost as interesting as […]
Satir
Life is not the way it’s supposed to be. It’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference. Virginia Satir
Beth Nyland 