Blood tales (a poem)

An ekphrastic poem, inspired by a painting by Shiraga Kazuo, viewed online at http://natalielomeli.blogspot.com/2013_01_01_archive.html.

National Poetry Writing Month, Day #18

Today’s napowrimo.net prompt is to write a poem ‘that incorporates “the sound of home.” Think back to your childhood, and the figures of speech and particular ways of talking that the people around you used, and which you may not hear anymore.’ This prompt did not particularly call to mind much, so my poem ends up taking a different turn, into a random recollection.

The numbers (a poem)

Yesterday was one of those days where I was largely unsatisfied with my writing. I thought this poem, written while watching Lost, turned out okay, though…

How it all adds up (a poem)

Today I picked a prompt from PoeWar: “Write a poem that repeatedly uses numbers.”