Laughing Dove Poetry

Read Write Poem Prompt #104 was called How to Write the Sex Poem Right. That’s right. The Sex Poem. Two of my favorite sex poems are Pattiann Rogers’ The Hummingbird: A Seduction and Billy Collins’ Taking Off Emily Dickinson’s Clothes. I modeled my poem, perhaps too literally, on Pattiann Rogers’ poem. I don’t like the last line, but [...]

The prompt for Read Write Poem #101 included a whole bunch of p-words. I added some of my own. Pomegranate Its small prickly crown, more like a jester’s hat, lies on the cutting board. Even now, it gives me pause, this rough-skinned fruit that looks as if it has been too long in the wind [...]

In Read Write Poem prompt #100, Bruce Covey invites us to play with our dreams. Visit the site for complete instructions on this one. In the Quad Three women meet beneath the yellow leaf-light of an autumn campus. There may or may not be a fountain, water dribbling from its tip; it may or may [...]

Read Write Poem prompt #99: Setting the Scene. “This week, write a poem that tells a narrowly focused story — a “scene” — without telling the story. Instead, convey the essence of the scene through your description of the world in which it takes place and the “characters” (who don’t have to be human or [...]

This week’s poem comes from Nathan Moore’s Read Write Poem prompt #97. I used some words of his post for my text and came up with this. Chance Language Encounters Let’s create remarks & surprise transitions from words, little words. Shake the first line, link situations & cut the rough way. Relax. It’s just fun. [...]