Tag: 15 Words or Less Poems

Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! Here’s a pic I took while walking the dog the other day. This image makes me think of: 1) a cemetery 2) hiding places 3) lying on the floor by a Christmas tree And here’s my?first draft. Hidden

Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! Here’s a pic I took when we were in New Orleans in May for the International Reading Association conference. I loved the architecture there. This image makes me think of: 1) a swan at night 2) Faberge egg

Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! Here’s a pic from the bakery. I love frosted cookies! But scarecrows…hmmm. I think I’ve seen too many horror movies/TV shows where a scarecrow comes to life. This image makes me think of: 1) The Wizard of Oz

Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! Here’s a pic from a chandelier in our hotel on our recent drum corps trip to NY. This image makes me think of: 1) Bubbles in the sea 2) a super-fancy necklace (hey, anybody remember the Empress Carlotta

Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! Here’s a pic from our amazing overnight Niagara Falls stop that Randy and I made on our way home from drum corps championships in Rochester, NY. (I shared more pics on my Water board in Pinterest.) Follow Laura’s

Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! I took this picture while riding somewhere in outstate Minnesota, through farm country. I don’t even know exactly what it is, but I’d love to see it in action! This image makes me think of: 1) tinkers that

Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! When I was walking Captain Jack the other night, the sun shining on these weeds caught my eye. This image makes me think of: 1) a UFO shining down 2) butterflies in chrysalises, waiting to fly 3) slugs–ugh!

Photo: Laura Purdie Salas Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! Randy and I went to the American Idol concert last week, and I took this picture of a lamp in the lobby.?It makes me think of: 1)?butterfly wings 2)’sunrise 3) shuffling a deck of

Photo: Laura Purdie Salas Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! Here’s a pic I snapped in Vegas last spring. It makes me think of: 1)?a’deck of cards 2)?gila monsters and how their bacteria-laden saliva is what kills their prey 3) standup paddleboarding And here’s

Photo: Laura Purdie Salas Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! Here’s a little prop from our?Minnesota Brass show this season, Supernova!?It makes me think of: 1)?a shooting star 2)?a squid 3) New Year’s Eve And here’s my?first draft: Comet I arc above Stars applaud