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It’s a Thing You Don’t Use When It Pours

It’s rainy season here in Madrid. We Write Poems’ Prompt #79 encouraged us to write about broken things, or when things aren’t quite going your way. In my English classes we’ve been playing many incessant games of “describe that thing,” which is what inspired the title. It’s a Thing You Don’t Use When It Pours AContinue reading “It’s a Thing You Don’t Use When It Pours”

Almost Unnoticed

We Write Poems’ Prompt #78 is about Halloween! I’ve always been a chicken, exaggeratedly so, especially after watching scary movies and regretting having watched them 😦 Almost Unnoticed The ghost in my house is an opener of windows and a closer of doors. My memory doesn’t quite serve me right as the hallway door remainsContinue reading “Almost Unnoticed”

Opus 118 No. 2

The Poets and Writers Prompt #77 asked us to write about something that takes place in an instant. I decided to write about an instant in music — one of the biggest challenges I think. I included a YouTube video of the piece that inspired the poem, one of my favorites of all time. Evgeny Kissin’sContinue reading “Opus 118 No. 2”