Author Archives: Meg

About Meg

Meg travels a lot for work. But sometimes she has time to draw and copy and fold. Favorite drink - TAB, favorite food - Bread, favorite sound - skates on ice.

NaPoWriMo 25

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Meg

The prompt for day 25 of NaPoWriMo was to write a poem beginning with a line from another poem.  I was going to skip it, and then all of a sudden, this popped in to my head.   Thank you to Ogden … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare Sonnet 2016

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Meg

The NaPoWriMo prompt for yesterday, in honor of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, was to write a sonnet.  So here is my first sonnet:

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The Sweetness of Dogs

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Meg

Mary Oliver is a Pulitzer Prize winning author.  This poem is a lovely example.  You can read more in her beautiful book, Dog Songs.

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In Flight

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Meg

Another Monday, another flight.  But because its Poetry Month, this travel day generated a poem.

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The Seagull

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Meg

Ogden Nash is one of my all time favorite poets.  Poems of his like this role around in my head all day long, every day.  So this is probably just the beginning of my treatments of Mr. Nash’s most brilliant … Continue reading →

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Happiness

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Meg

A.A. Milne helped define what my young mind thought of as poetry.  I think he still does.  This poem is called “Happiness”.  

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Comfort Food

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Meg

I was introduced to the poetic form of the “lune” today.  Like a haiku, but it has a 5-3-5 syllable pattern.  This is my first lune.

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The Yellow Dog

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Meg

Some days you only have time for a haiku.    

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April 7

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Meg

This weekend I found a lovely little book in a used book store called “Herd”, poems by Julia Shipley.  Many of the poems are about farm life, and some about cows.  Her piece, “The Process”, has a section titled April 7. … Continue reading →

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April 5

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Meg

I lost a dear friend Tuesday, and the world lost a wonderful person.  She was a co-conspirator in my Poetry Month celebration, and she was looking forward to April.  I decided that I had to write a poem, just for … Continue reading →

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