Category Archives: Poetry
33 More Sunrises & Sunsets before Book Launch
It’s happening!!! My new nature-focused book debuts at the MAC on Main Art Gallery in Bracebridge, Ontario on June 2. Views from the Edge of the Earth presents the beauty of the natural world through poetic musing and images of my artwork and photographs. The collection includes seventy-eight poems written in a mix of free …
Books Arrived Early!
Late last week, I received an email from my Publisher advising me my book was in production and would arrive earlier than expected – anticipated delivery Monday, April 8. When the doorbell rang this morning, I raced down the stairs – I don’t think my feet hit a single step. On the bench inside the …
Book Pays Homage to Mother Earth
Over the last couple of years, my concern for our planet has filled my mind and driven my writing. What inspires me as a painter, also captivates me as a writer – the morning sun tiptoeing across dew-kissed grass, the touch of winter’s frosty fingers, a solitary tree standing guard as a sentinel over a …
Sharing Poetry Inspired by Paintings
A year ago, I began building a collection of poetry mostly inspired by my paintings and shared a number of them on this blog. As the treasury of written works grows, I’ll continue posting selections and invite your comments. Painting: The Sap is Running, Acrylic on Canvas, 12 x 12 inches, Copyright Wendie Donabie The …
Seashell Soliloquy
As a young child, I recall receiving an Atlantic Whelk Shell. “Put it up to your ear,” I was told. And I heard the roar of the sea. My eyes lit up with excitement and my love of the ocean began or perhaps it was rekindled. Who’s to know? * * * * * * …
NaPoWriMo 2022 Day #10
A place as seen by a woman in love Fluid as mercury, yet hard as steel Powerful as the birth of a new star deep in the heavens Thunderous as a herd of stampeding horses. Dazzling as it played dodge ball with rays of sun. Mesmerizing, drawing her into its welcoming embrace. Pure as liquid …
NaPoWriMo2022 Day#6
Today’s challenge: write a poem that reproduces a phrase with the first words of each line. Perhaps you could write a poem in which the first words of each line, read together, reproduce a treasured line of poetry? You could even try using a newspaper headline or something from a magazine article. I chose, Once …
NaPoWriMo 2022 Day #9
Today’s challenge was to write a Nonet. A nonet is a nine-line poem. In the nonet form, each line contains specific, descending syllable counts. The first line contains nine syllables, the second line contains eight, the third line contains seven, and so on. Day #9 Nonet Sleep-filled eyes gaze at the blazing sun flashing hot hues ‘tween …
NaPoWrMo 2022 – Day #3
A Glosa to Robert Frost’s STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING A Glosa or Glose is literally a poem that glosses, or explains, or in some way responds to another poem. The idea is to take a quatrain from a poem that you like, and then write a four-stanza poem that explains or responds …
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