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April 2016

April 25, 2016

The Mermaid’s Journey: Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 25

The Mermaid’s Journey I was foolish to give my voice away to try and...

April 22, 2016

Strength in Fragility and Cirque D’Etoiles (revised)

Strength in Fragility (A response to this poem I saw on Instagram: ) ...

April 20, 2016

Conversations with a Bird

Prompt: Things unsaid What brought you here to my backyard? Choosing the grapevines as...

April 16, 2016

The Cafeteria (Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 16)

(Prompt: A Food Establishment) Do you remember the cafeteria? There was a patio right...

April 15, 2016

Creating A Villain (Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 15)

A hero is only as good as the villain he faces against It’s hard to...

April 14, 2016

Tea Time (Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 14)

Tea Time It’s almost like a ritual. Before work, when I have cramps, or...

April 12, 2016

The Ocean of My Mind (Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 12)

Prompt: Serious or Silly The idea starts like a light Like the green light...

April 11, 2016

In Defense of Mondays: Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 11

Mondays can be a pain They shake us out of Sunday’s calm and remind us...

April 10, 2016

Happiness Is (A Sonnet)

Prompt: Emotion Happiness is waking up on Sunday, the sunlight streaming into your bedroom....

April 08, 2016

My Sixth Grade Notebook (A Garland Cinquain)

Prompt: Doodle poem Doodles I liked to draw little five pointed stars Pentacles, enclosed in...

April 07, 2016

Urban Paradise (Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 7)

Prompt: Urban In my perfect life, I don’t have to drive anywhere. I’d be...

April 05, 2016

Catch-22 April Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 5

Prompt: Experience/Inexperience Most jobs have “experience” as a requirement People casting out lines, learning the...

April 04, 2016

Go the Distance (Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 4)

Last night I had a dream. I was travelling somewhere. The sky was clear. The...

April 01, 2016

Fools For The Word: April Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 1

Fools for The Word A Series of Limericks All those who are gifted with...

March 2016

March 09, 2016

I Am A Woman: A Poem

I am a woman facing uncertainty Sometimes my best laid plains are just castles...

January 2016

January 04, 2016

The Force Awakens: Nothing New Under the Sun (SPOILERS)

One thing that keeps getting brought up in a lot of reviews of Star Wars: The...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

Top 12 Personal Best Moments of 2015

2015 for me was not something I could share with pictures. Instead, the year centered...

October 2015

October 08, 2015

Hollow Vessels

When is it ever gonna be enough? Why can’t nice ever receive real good?...

September 2015

September 22, 2015

The Necessity of Making Art

One of the biggest influences in my life is Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way. I learned...

July 2015

July 27, 2015

The Benefits of Prayer and Mass Journals

I've been a journal writer ever since the first grade and throughout college and afterwards,...

July 09, 2015

Get A Catholic Bible Study and Study Journal For Absolutely Free!

A few months ago, I started contributing Bible study meditations to the Heart...

June 2015

June 02, 2015

It’s An Honor To Be Nominated!

My friend and recently published writer Mariella Hunt has nominated me for the Creative Blogger Award!...

May 2015

May 20, 2015

Coming This Summer: Dissonance by Mariella Hunt

Fifteen-year-old Allie Grant lives crippled by her illness. Though kept in isolation, she’s never alone:...

May 19, 2015

From the Big Easy to the Emerald Coast

So I was pretty much out for four whole days, travelling to New Orleans and...

May 10, 2015

Women of Christ Wednesday: Mariella Hunt

From her website: Mariella Hunt is 20 years old and lives in the Treasure Valley....

April 2015

April 17, 2015

Spring in Swing: A Sestina

Spring in Swing (A Sestina) Children playing on the swings There’s a change in...

April 13, 2015

The Best Words in the Best Order: Why Poetry?

April is National Poetry Month. According to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poetry is the best words...

April 10, 2015

How To Be An Adult: A Sonnet

You think adulthood starts when you turn 18 Or when you move out or graduate...

April 04, 2015

Tomorrow Comes: A Sonnet on the Easter Vigil

40 days have come and gone I went into the desert and came back again...

March 2015

March 22, 2015

The Wreck of the Day On Red Hotel Paper

A Found Poem of Lyrics from Taylor Swift, Michelle Branch, and Anna Nalick 2AM...

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