So many poems so much sleep wanted. Note for the future don’t go to a ren faire the same day as the marathon. Hour 8   My arm is a notepad waiting for words Usually a shopping list Sometimes tic tac toe A few times…

I can’t do this poem. I don’t know how to start a poem I would redact for changed meaning. Time is simply flying by and I can’t put a single word on the page. Sorry. I tried.    

I’m not engaged I’m not still single. For two days Facebook made me look engaged, but I’m not still single. It was a game when I hit a button and it would tell me how my 2023 would end ENGAGED in bold letters it read…

Prompt from 2016 Marathon: Write a poem that contains one or more of the following common phrases but uses them in a different context than they are usually used. Ideally you would use more than one of the phrases, or repeatedly use the same phrase….

clear don’t forget the gloves soak make sure they’re clean sling it onto the pile DON’T DROP IT dammit! there goes my record four glasses, two plates chop chop chop drop in the oven don’t forget the mitts mix mix mix make sure its hot…

  For the worlds loneliest music I’m reaching for the stars, I’m aligning them to my favor. If the world fails to understand the Nature of beauty, why must my mother Be punished by the wheels of existence? I’m sorry the clock ticks backwards, I’m…

Waiting for that message to come through is like watching paint dry you look for a sign that it’s coming but all you end up doing is scrolling and scrolling let’s see what is on my Facebook timeline no, wait! Let me check my Instagram…

Horizon of pink. Grey droplets kiss my cheek. I rise to meet the day. Sun blooms warm. I close my eyes and dwell on thoughts of you. Returning home, sun fades on the horizon— blue and deep. Thanks for another day.

The light begins to wane The fog begins to roll The bird song lessens The dogs begin to bark The night begins to wax

Qualitative Data Collection ~ Research Evaluator re-search: to search and search again using what you have already searched through, to see if there may be another way to interpret findings. evaluation: to evaluate and balance each side of the picture with the other-side of the…