Tag: 15 Words or Less Poems

Beetle

Beetle [15 Words or Less]

Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.  After last week’s beautiful but emotional poems, I was trying to pick something lighthearted for this week. But I had no silly photos

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Life Preserver

Life Preserver [15 Words or Less]

Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.   In Duluth a couple weeks ago, we went to the Lake Superior Marine Museum like we always do. I snapped a few pictures,

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Maze

Maze [15 Words or Less]

Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.  A nearby park has what the map describes as a maze–which I think is overstating it a little! But it’s a sort of

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Sail On! [15 Words or Less]

Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.  At Duluth Harbor last week, we got to watch a TON of sailboats come through the canal (as well as my favorites, some

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Minneapolis City Hall

City Hall [15 Words or Less]

Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.  This is the City Hall clock tower in downtown Minneapolis. I took this pic from the roof of a parking garage when Maddie

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Cat on ledge

Balcony Cat [15 Words or Less]

Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.  While walking Jack one evening, my husband and I saw this fearless kitty marching along a balcony outside the railing. This image makes

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Globe Star Tribune

Globe [15 Words or Less]

[Apologies! I don’t know why this didn’t publish on schedule!] Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.  That’s the globe that used to be on top of the old Minneapolis

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Robin's Egg

Egg [15 Words or Less]

Hello, poets, writers, noodlers–and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.  Thank you for keeping this community going while I’ve been on a semi-hiatus. Can’t believe how far behind I am, but

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Randy Chalk Art Festival

Eyebrows [15 Words or Less]

Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.  At that chalk festival, there were a few large-scale works on boards, so I made Randy stand by one. Life imitates art:>) This

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Annabelle at Chalk Art Festival

Mary Poppins [15 Words or Less]

Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.  I took this pic at the Maple Grove Chalk Art Festival two weekends ago. We went on Saturday morning, when the art was

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