I have to confess right from the start that I didn't finish the November 2016 Poem A Day (PAD) challenge. I was so caught up in my husband's recovery from his Grand Canyon accident that writing poetry during that time was the last thing on my mind. However, I wrote a poem a day for the first fifteen days. Here's a couple, including the prompts I wrote to. Write a wire poem. A wire poem could be about something that needs wireslike maybe a robot, TV, or automobile. But birds huddle on telephone wires, people wire money to each other, and kids can get wired off of too much candy and/or caffeine. In fact, I'm surprised I haven't written more wired poems over the years. Birds on the Wire It fascinates me To see those birds Up there on the electrical wires. Don't their little bird claws Perched around those strands Of metal get hot? They don't seem to mind their perch. It's where they come to meet their friends, Learn the latest gossip, And take a short break From their … [Read more...]