Monday, February 09, 2026

Mistletoe and Rodeo by Janet Daley

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 Mistletoe and Rodeo is an easy-to-read, feel-good book to help readers escape stressful reality for a few hours. The plot is straightforwar...
Friday, January 02, 2026

Maid of Honor speech

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 When Natalie got married in 2023, Brianne, her Maid of Honor, prepared a beautiful speech to give at the rehearsal dinner when she would be...

Letter to Mother, Ruth Shaw, 2013

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 I recently found a letter I wrote to Mother on her birthday in February of 2013 (thirteen years ago as I write this preface - 3 ½ years aft...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Lessons from the Aged

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The last poem of 2025 in the Deadlines for Writers group is due today. The prompt was "underneath." My thought chain started there...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

The Glassblower's Secret

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 Poem #11 of 2025, using the prompt "shatter," is due today. I wrote two quatrains using iambic pentameter as a rhythm/rhyme patte...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Grocery List: an Acrostic Poem

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Deadlines for Writers poem #10 for 2025 is due today. Acrostic Poems don't seem like a legitimate poetry form to me, but that was the as...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Measuring Time: A Cinquain

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The Ninth poem (the prompt was "measured") is due today. I submitted a double Cinquain. The American cinquain is an unrhymed, five...
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

My Treasure

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 Poem #8 in the Deadlines for Writers group is due today. The prompt is "treasure." I pushed the deadline to the last minute this ...
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