Name Spell by Colleen Redman
When it’s spring my name is Colleen Redrobin
In the Fall it’s Redelicious
On the road it’s Redroof Inn
On an vacation island it’s Redpassionflowerwoman
When I’m in love I’m Redmana
When I meditate I’m Redmantra
When I haven’t written in a long time I’m Redmanymoons
When it’s Christmas I’m Rednosereindeer
When I’m feeling prosperous [...]
I spent a recent morning writing the following poem, which started when I realized that cheery and cherry are almost the same word and are fun said together. But now all I can think about is, ‘what is my writer’s group going to think when I bring THIS as my latest work [...]
I and Pangur my cat… “Tis a like task we are at…Hunting mice is his delight…Hunting words I sit all night. ~ Excerpt from a stanza scribbled into a ninth century Latin manuscript by an Irish scribe.
In March everything is turning green and seems to revolve around St. Patrick’s Day. The March [...]
The Irish were intoxicated by the power of words. Every noble Irish family maintained a family of ancestral poets. The Irish sons of Mil were accompanied by their poet, Amhairghin… ~ From How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
Word Drunk
I’ve been pulled over
for driving while doing it
I’ve stayed up late
doing it [...]
There’s a word on a Draper Street sidewalk in Blacksburg carved in cement that I love. It says WORD. I wondered then and I continue to wonder who carved it there and why. Maybe someone always wanted to carve a word in wet cement and so they did, literally. It makes me [...]
Names fascinate me. They add color to a place and time, whether in stories or in real life. In “The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy names like Gandalf, Bilbo, Frodo, and Aragorn stir the imagination. In the adventures of King Arthur, it was Lancelot, Galahad, Gawaiin, and Guinevere.
Recently, over at Simply [...]
AKA: Things overheard while playing Scrabble…
Is topsy a word without turvey?
Is hob a word without nob?
Can the word oodles be singular?
Is pest an alternative plural for pet when you have too many of them?
Coyote is coy. His name tells us so.
I know listen and silent are the same word with the letters switched [...]
AKA Give Me A Vowel: Since my friend who I frequently play scrabble with won’t let me post the picture I took of him playing, I’ll just have to describe it. It came out great.
We’re playing at the Café de Sol wireless café in downtown Floyd. It’s his turn. [...]
This is what cohorts do when one is having a birthday and she and her friends are celebrating at Floyd’s Oddfellas Cantina. One friend in the group introduced herself to another friend’s new boyfriend as “a cohort,” which then triggered the game we, women of a certain mature status, frequently find ourselves playing. [...]
Mara contemplating her strategy.
If you were playing The Millionaire on TV and were stuck for an answer, the rules of the game allow you 3 options that give you a better chance at choosing the correct answer. You could eliminate half of the answers, leaving only 3 to guess from; you could [...]
Playing Scrabble at the Cafe de Sol
I wasn’t trying to make a statement by keeping my maiden surname, Redman, when I got married; I just felt it was my name, and I didn’t think I should have to change it. “How do you do that, keep your maiden name?” people would ask me. “You don’t do anything,” I told [...]
“In a poem the word should be as pleasing to the ear as the meaning is to the mind.” Marianne Moore
I’ve logged in enough hours during my lifetime – fooling around with words, in search of just the right ones – to finally call myself a poet. For many years I would say [...]
Loose Leaf – ADJECTIVE: Related to, having, or being leaves that can be easily removed, rearranged, or replaced: a loose-leaf notebook; loose-leaf paper. The American Heritage Dictionary.
If you type “loose leaf” into a search engine, you’ll get a multitude of pages having to do with tea or paper. As a writer [...]
