Vertigo?
The room is horizontal. A spinning tunnel. Over. Around. Under. It stops and starts without warning. No handhold. I teeter. Maybe this is just the Earth’s rotation. But somehow I […]
Category Archives: Poetry
Go-Go Boots
I wanted white go-go boots so bad. I wanted to look glamorous and tough. I wanted to sing and dance and strut. I wanted go-go boots. Knee-high. Long zippers, from […]
Filling the well, priming the pump
Jim and I are away for a week of vacation, disengaged from our routine and engaged with each other. Our wedding anniversary was good cause for both celebration and relaxation. […]
Haiku: window watching
branches shiver dance lemony finch flits sits chips cat and whiskers twitch
Make Something: Birthday
My birthday is May 1 … just two days away. I’m calling this year my halfway point. As I reach age forty-five, ninety seems a reasonable life expectancy—just a bit longer than my mom […]
Make Something: Extended Photo
Beyond the Edges How interesting, to stare at a tightly cropped photo and wonder. What was in the space beyond? Better yet, to imagine. What could be in the space […]
Make Something: Freeze Time
“Create the illusion that time has stopped and something or someone is frozen mid-action.” CLICK I have something to say. First, tip of pen must be set free. Thumb depresses button. […]
Make Something: Music Media
While my daughters sang in church choir practice, I stacked a few of the music director’s tapes and CDs into a poem … sing the classic story of creation for […]
Make Something: Plant Shapes
“Create something based on the shapes found in a plant in your immediate vicinity.” I don’t keep house plants. To do so would be cruel, as I am unable to […]
Make Something: Reptile-Inspired
Alligators, lizards, crocodiles and snakes— all dry, scaly creatures that give me the shakes. Their blood runs so cool they need warmth from the sun. They slither flat-bellied or use […]
Make Something: Touch
as night bends to day lone bodies shift and stretch ’til his hand brushes hers
Make Something: Not So Portable
Not So Portable We’re setting out for a weekend away! I’ve got to pack for two days of play! I’ll take the big bag. He’ll use the small. Never mind that I’m short and […]
Make Something: Sandy
“Use sand as your medium or inspiration today.” What a great excuse for haiku … about playing a board game with one of those anxiety-producing timers. fast and narrow sand rains […]
Make Something: Collaborate
The make something recommendation for Day 261 is this: “Start something, then have someone else complete it today.” Social media makes collaboration easy and fun. Around 5:00 pm, I dashed […]
Make Something: Brown
Today’s challenge was to work entirely with brown materials. The result is a photo and a poem. As soon as I publish this post, I’m going to eat the chocolate […]
Beth Nyland 