Sometimes I my brain scrambles what I hear and I have to cock my head and say, “Huh?” Such a moment inspired this poem.
Tag Archives: Lexington Poetry Month
Day 28, LexPoMo 2020
Day 26, LexPoMo 2020
Now that my ability to focus has returned somewhat, I’ve started chipping away at the many to-be-read piles around the house. Martine Leavitt’s Keturah and Lord Death was near to hand the other day, and some of her lovely prose lodged in the corners of my brain.
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Tagged Keturah and Lord Death, Lexington Poetry Month, LexPoMo, Martine Leavitt
Day 25, LexPoMo 2020
I carry a notebook with me at all times, and the back page is reserved for recording lines or phrases that catch my fancy, usually because they are strange. This poem developed from one such line.
Day 24, LexPoMo 2020
I love ekphrastic poetry, especially writing it, so when I saw Adele Kenny’s prompt in my inbox this morning, I knew what I’d be writing today. Besides, who can resist Munch?
https://lexpomo.com/poem/up-too-early/
http://adelekenny.blogspot.com/2020/06/prompt-355-painting-to-poem.html
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Day 23, LexPoMo 2020
This poem is a riff on parts of the introduction to 52, a collection of poetry prompts put together by Jo Bell and a host of guest poets.
https://lexpomo.com/poem/how-to-use-this-book/
https://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/52writeapoemaweekstartnowkeepgoing.html/
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Tagged 52, found poetry, Jo Bell, Lexington Poetry Month, LexPoMo, poetry prompts
Day 22, LexPoMo 2020
The weekend offered such a powerful confluence of events (Juneteenth, Mercury going retrograde, the solstice, a solar eclipse, the sun entering Cancer, Father’s Day) that I decided to lay out some cards and see how things might look with a different frame. I used the stunning Dreams of Gaia tarot (a gift from my sister-in-law) and a spread from Whitsunday Oracle.
https://lexpomo.com/poem/reading-for-mercury-in-retrograde/
https://whitsundayoracle.com/2020/06/19/mercury-retrograde-tarot-spread/
Day 20, LexPoMo 2020
With people at home more, the neighborhood has seen a near-continuous progression of home improvement projects. My nerves feel rather frayed by the noise, and I long for the the more soothing sounds of birds and wind and distant highway traffic. But it occurred to me that having such an expectation is a certain kind of privilege: when we lived downtown in a major city, the din of emergency vehicles and garbage trucks and jackhammers was unceasing.
Day 19, LexPoMo 2020
Here’s another found poem, a poem of erasure I suppose, from Stephen Burt’s The Poem is You. The full text may be found in his commentary on p. 171.
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Day 17, LexPoMo 2020
I love creating found poetry from book titles — it’s my favorite thing about working in the library. But catalogs can also be a source of found poetry, so that’s where I turned for today’s poem.
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Day 16, LexPoMo 2020
A recent conversation with my mother reminded me of the incident that forms the framework of this poem. Some details have been changed, largely because they are a tad fuzzy in my own recollection.
The Daily Compost 