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Welcome the Year of the Snake (with Writing Prompts!)
Welcome the Year of the Snake with creative writing prompts! Explore creativity through these snake-inspired writing prompts!
Jan 293 min read


Creating Autumnal Myths: A Poetry Exercise
Here in Silicon Valley, the incredible heat wave of last week has passed and the cooler breezes of autumn are here. I'm enchanted. As I...
Oct 13, 20233 min read


Harvest of Words: A Poetry Exercise
When I lived on the East Coast, I looked forward to the abundance of fall leaves each year. My girls and I would gather them, creating...
Oct 6, 20233 min read


Water Power
As I’ve been sorting through my poems with an eye at submission and a possible collection/chapbook, I’ve noticed the frequency with which...
Jan 16, 20232 min read


Surrealism, Nature, and Poetry
I draw heavily from nature both when writing and creating visual art. Often the images that come to me when I create, while based on...
Jan 2, 20232 min read


Writing the Extraordinary
Throughout our lives, we experience Extraordinary things, events, people, and places. Just as I think of creative masterpieces and...
Jan 6, 20214 min read


Fueling the (Creative) Fire: Prompted Brainstorming
When your work involves being creative, it's hard to come up with new ideas day after day, hour after hour. To maintain a creative life,...
Nov 1, 20204 min read


Father's Day Writing Prompt!
Happy Father's Day! To help celebrate all the fathers in our lives, here's a little writing inspiration using a photograph of a man and...
Jun 21, 20201 min read


Poetry Workshop Wonders: List-Definition Poems
Today I had the privilege of spending time in one of my favorite places with my favorite people: a community creativity workshop. This...
Oct 30, 20192 min read

Writing Prompt: Using Facebook to Craft Poems (and other types of writing)
Facebook and poetry may not seem like they go together - at least not from the perspective of using Facebook to generate poetry. But I'm...
Oct 12, 20182 min read


Creativity Prompt: Horoscope Poetry
Some people swear by the messages in the stars, some find them amusing and harmless, and others find them offensive. No matter your take...
Sep 25, 20182 min read

Writing Poetry with Warm Ups!
There are many parallels between writing and exercise. With both, it can be challenging to get started. We’ll swear tomorrow’s the day we...
Jun 21, 20184 min read

National Poetry Month: Playing with Form!
Check out the original post on my Cupertino Poet Laureate website! It’s April, and that means it is National Poetry Month! Even though I...
Apr 3, 20182 min read
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