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 […]
Tag 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 […]
Haiku: window watching
branches shiver dance lemony finch flits sits chips cat and whiskers twitch
Hart Crane
One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper patterns at the right moment. Hart Crane, poet (1899-1932)
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: Pet Love Song
Completely by coincidence on this Valentine’s Day, the make something prompt invites me to write a love song. But not just any love song. A love song about a pet. […]
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 