1. Thread kindness through the needle of your apology and let the needle pierce beyond the excuses and half truths. 2. Pull the thread toward a place of grace, humility, and the recognition that even when you are wrong, you are loved. That even when…

Text Prompt Write a poem that is pretending to be something else, a set of instructions, a recipe, an letter, a news report, etc. (Why yes, this prompt was inspired by This is Just to Say, which is a poem pretending to be an apology)…

Morning coffee smile. Foam milk art inspires. Barista magic.

Write a poem about an experience, but from the perspective of another. For example you could write a poem about your wedding from the experience of your spouse, or you could write a poem about an argument with a stranger from the perspective of the…

Yellow is such a happy colour You pick up the sunflower and I imagine how the room will take on a glad colour with it You pay the florist and we walk out of the stall. In the next stall, you pick up a yellow-knitted…

Hour Fifteen – Text Prompt Write a poem about an experience, but from the perspective of another. For example you could write a poem about your wedding from the experience of your spouse, or you could write a poem about an argument with a stranger…

A beet hidden in my jacket home in the bayou, I elbow the cat sitting below Cinnamon is her name she’s scared of the lightbulb, same as the bucket of veggies now elk blocks  my carport the beet, I use to get to work.   –…

    I was a reverie. You always think I am. I am selfishly alone in my thoughts, I always left you. Lost and confused.   In my world I am the king. I am the first smile of spring. Power is for me to…

Too loud Too disruptive It wasn’t even my fault But I was sent into the hall anyway With my friend It was totally her fault You need friends like this in your life in elementary school in your neighborhood Someone who always ups the ante…

5pm. Poem 15. Out of Little George’s Eyes (a tanka) Tears at your wedding were not of joy but sadness that another man stood next to you and promised love for the rest of your lives.