Welcome to the March 2014 Edition of Pick-Apart Poetry as we welcome Spring in a Pick-Apart Poetry kind of way. It’s always a joy to spend this time together each month and we look forward to another opportunity to be creative and to share with one another. This month, in honor of Spring’s arrival, we […]
Welcome to the November 2013 Edition of PICK-APART POETRY as we celebrate Thanksgiving and the blessings that we enjoy true Pick-Apart fashion. Please select 25 words from the following two Thanksgiving poems and create a piece using those 25 words. Remember though that the words may be repeated and the forms […]
“Huddle” by Cynthia, aka koyamori AS IF During that in-between time before Dawn first appears, in the cool of the morning before the sun shines, first one, then two, as if from nothing, as if by magic, arising from the dew, tiny caps peeking out from behind blades of sparkling grass, fragile and small, […]
Welcome to the October 2013 Edition of PICK-APART POETRY where each month we celebrate creativity and sharing in a rather short (though not necessarily short) poetry/prose/image kind of way. This month, as Halloween approaches, we share a scary glimpse of long ago with a poem appropriate to the season and influenced by Washington Irving’s “Legend […]
Photo – Barbara Kausteklis – Oahu 2013 FOR EVERY DAY GRATEFUL Wouldn’t it be wonderful, wouldn’t it be grand if every day everything would simply go my way, exactly as I planned? I’m afraid that’s just not the way it is most of the time or even meant to be; very few things […]
NOT BY CHANCE I come here again this morning where we’ve gotten together at least a time or two before, as the words of my heart have spilled onto this page and have been left to rest here exactly where they fall. And I share them with you in a meeting of our […]
“The Legend of Giants” by Natalia Rak JUST BEING ME Sometimes I can’t help but feel so very insignificant and small, rather wary of the world and retreating from it all, feeling somewhat invisible to those who pass by even though I look at them right square in the eye and say “How […]
Welcome to the September 2013 Edition of Pick-Apart Poetry where we are this month celebrating the arrival of Autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s such a glorious time of year with vibrant changes in weather patterns and color all around us. So today we’re celebrating the arrival of Autumn in our […]
Welcome to the August 2013 Edition of PICK-APART POETRY as we once more celebrate the unofficial end of summer which coincides with Labor Day and with the beginning of a new school year. And as we look forward to autumn and some cooler weather, we feature two poems, one celebrating […]
“Boat in a Storm” by RHAD HEROIC In the midst of confusion and chaos all around, shards of lightening flashing and thunder’s crashing sound, they’ve stood their ground and overcome what would surely overpower anyone, their courage and resolve in adversity’s face an example to us all. “Bring them on,” they’ve said, storms threatening to […]
