Monthly Archives: October 2021

BP: Stardust Haiku #58 (October 2021)

Posted on October 31, 2021 by pedometergeek

Valentina Ranaldi-Adams’ Stardust Haiku: Poetry with a Little Sparkle, Issue #58 was just published. Once again the haiku were written by a global community of poets. There were haiku by poets in Bulgaria, Canada, India, Italy, New Zealand, Pakistan, the … Continue reading →

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BP: Haiku Dialogue: Finding Peace and Contemplation…

Posted on October 29, 2021 by pedometergeek

…in the city. This week’s Haiku Dialogue column at the Haiku Foundation had a prompt of finding peace and contemplation…in a city. Guest editor Marietta McGregor chose haiku from haiku poets from around the globe including choosing a haiku from … Continue reading →

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BP: Haiku Dialogue–Finding Peace and Contemplation…

Posted on October 21, 2021 by pedometergeek

This week at the Haiku Foundation’s weekly column, Haiku Dialogue, the photo prompt was finding peace and contemplation…exercising in a park. From walking, jogging, biking, yoga, and tai chi, haiku poets from around the globe flexed their poetry muscles. This … Continue reading →

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Embracing the Mud: A 99-word Flash Fiction

Posted on October 20, 2021 by pedometergeek

This week’s Carrot Ranch prompt, which actually has been extended until October 26, was to write in 99 words (no more, no less) about mud, whether actual or metaphorical mud. The writers were to embrace the mud since writing can … Continue reading →

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BP: The Moons of Autumn (Syllabic Poetry)

Posted on October 14, 2021 by pedometergeek

Recently the inaugural issue of Word Weavings, a new journal of syllabic poetry, was published by Colleen M. Chesebro and Jules Paige (nom de plume). It is The Moons of Autumn and contains various syllabic poetry forms including haiku, tanka, … Continue reading →

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Aloysius Saves the Day: 99-word Flash Fiction

Posted on October 12, 2021 by pedometergeek

This week over at Carrot Ranch (www.carrotranch.com), the Wranglers as Charli Mills calls the writers there were given a prompt to write about whispers, whether creepy or otherwise in 99 words (no more, no less). The following is this pedometer … Continue reading →

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BP: Failed Haiku #70

Posted on October 8, 2021 by pedometergeek

This pedometer geek writer submitted haiku and senryu to a few journals in September. Per usual, there were one or two rejections, but for the most part, this writer was pleasantly surprised to have had several poems selected.   One … Continue reading →

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In the Clover: A 99-Word Flash Fiction

Posted on October 6, 2021 by pedometergeek

This week over at Carrot Ranch ( http://www.carrotranch.com ), the prompt was to write a 99 word (no more, no less) using the phrase “over the water.” The following is the pedometer geek writer’s take on the prompt: In the … Continue reading →

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BP: Haiku Dialogue–Finding Peace and Contemplation

Posted on October 5, 2021 by pedometergeek

This week at the Haiku Foundation’s weekly column, Haiku Dialogue, the photo prompt was that of a gnarled tree (and ageing) for the continuing theme of “finding peace and contemplation of worn, imperfect, and transient things.”  Marietta McGregor, who is … Continue reading →

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