Tag: creative-writing
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Free Verse Friday: To Capture
Welcome to Another Free Verse Friday! Explore your creativity. What makes you creative? Create a poem that expresses your creativity, whether through writing, drawing, painting, or another art form. To Capture Is it your uniqueness that gives you pause?Let yourself wander in the creativeness that is you.Words whispering to you. Serenading you. Brush in hand…
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Prompt Friday: Is It a Joke?
Welcome to Another Prompt Friday! What craziness will I come up with this week? What would you do if your inheritance came with a dying wish, a wedding, and an unexpected surprise? Is It a Joke? Marvelle’s Sound Bar98 Soundwave BoulevardMarvelle, New Jersey Three women were on stage at Marvelle’s Sound Bar. A place of…
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Free Verse Friday: Turning Autumn
Welcome to Another Free Verse Friday! For today’s Free Verse Friday, write about how autumn makes you feel. Does the changing scenery bring you peace, fill you with excitement, or remind you of memories from years past? Let the colors, cooler weather, and falling leaves inspire your words. Turning Autumn It’s that time of year…
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25 Days of Christmas: An Emotional Holiday Season | Early Release
I have some exciting news to share! My poetry collection, 25 Days of Christmas: An Emotional Holiday Season, is available now on Amazon Kindle — earlier than originally planned! Christmas isn’t always a season filled with joy and laughter. Sometimes, it brings back memories, stirs up complicated emotions, reminds us of relationships we’ve lost, and…
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Prompt Friday: Dead Man’s Road
Dead Man’s Road. A road people in Marvelle don’t often travel. Two strangers are stranded and must survive on the road less traveled. Why are these people on this road? My Prompt Response Friday, September 4th, 2026 – 2:00 PMDead Man’s RoadMarvelle, New Jersey Webber Pollack had left work early. He was going to have…
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Free Verse Friday: The Written Word
Welcome to Another Free Verse Friday! What emotions stir up in you about writing or reading something you can’t put down? Write a poem about how writing and reading make you feel. The Written Word Writing is just as unpredictable as a storm. You never know where it’s going. Fierce and deadly.It comes bearing gifts.Promises…
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Prompt Friday: The Kiss Stop
Welcome to Another Prompt Friday! Write this scene. A woman is waiting at a bus stop and shares a passionate kiss with a stranger. Is it love or something else? My Response Marvelle Bus StopMarvelle, New Jersey Amerie Hoffman ran to catch the 307 bus but missed it. It flew past her as she ran…
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Free Verse Friday: The Constant Reopening of Wounds
Sometimes you’re feeling down and need to write whatever comes out. Just write. The Constant Reopening of Wounds Sometimes it takes getting the words out repeatedly to heal. Healing isn’t easy. Your wounds reopen a thousand times before they heal permanently. Is that true? Do wounds ever heal? Does remembering reopen them? Does living keep…
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Prompt Friday: Actor Collision
Welcome to Another Prompt Friday! Prompt Friday: Write this scene. You crash into someone’s car from behind. Who is it? What happens next? Is the person hurt, or are you? My Response Wednesday, August 19, 2006 – 9:00 AMRoute 86Marvelle, New Jersey Samantha Ingrum was running late for her appointment; she sped down Route 86.…
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Free Verse Friday: The Way It’s Drawn
For this Friday, write about something you find beautiful or inspiring. The Way It’s Drawn Something so beautifulsteals your breath. Gives you peaceand lets your mind linger,providing an anchor of hope. A flowerthat you rush to draw. Expandingon making the beauty last. Examining every detailthat makes it beautifully unique. The photo never matchesthe beauty of…