Summer, and an Update
Summer has officially begun, but that has yet to sink in. We're currently finishing moving apartments, and my life has been nothing but boxes. Boxes to pack, move, unpack, check-off, and mark down. Grades to input, goodbyes to say, adjustments to make, and traditions started. It has been a whirlwind of a year, and as usual, I'm a bit of a wreck coming out of it. The end of the year, distance learning or not, always feels like pushing the accelerator pedal down to the floor then slamming on the breaks in full.
I've been alternating between relief and anxiety. I think I've cried each day for the past week, but it's cathartic.
The good news, here, is that when I'm not unpacking and making this new place feel like home, I'll be here reading y'all's works, commenting on them, and trying to get back into the one-poem-a-week routine.
What are you proud of creating recently? Is there a particular piece you want feedback on? Any pieces by other deviants that you think need a little more love?
Please comment below and share them! I can't wait to see. 
Quaran-time
I hope everyone is doing alright as things have been getting crazier and crazier. I'm hoping that distance learning will allow me to write more, but it seems just as draining--if not more so--than being in the classroom. I'm going to start writing on the weekends again! A poem a week is my goal, just to keep my creative brain going. I always feel bad when I don't check in here for a while, too. I logged in one day to see I had gotten a DD and am just now trying to keep up with thanking people for the congratulations they've given. I promise I'm not a terrible person--just overwhelmed!
Winter Break and a pending feature!
Sorry that it's been radio silence over here for a bit. As y'all know, I'm a teacher. Things have picked up like CRAZY this school year, which means lately my weekends have been spent primarily asleep. I help with our school's choir and co-lead the robotics team, so life has been very...rapid-fire. Currently, it feels like I'd been driving at 80 mph and just slammed on the breaks. My mental health doesn't always do so great during insane schedules, and often doubles-down when the insane schedule suddenly stops.
That being said, I know one of the most rejuvenating things that I can do these next 2 weeks will be to catch up with y'all and read what you've crafted over the course of this November and December.
And now we turn toward the new year! A question for any that read this--what was your favorite memory of 2020? What was your favorite piece you created this year? Doesn't need to be literary, can be anything. Please send them as a thumbnail to me in the comments--I really want to do a feature that showcases y'all's triumphs this year.
Autumn Miscellany and Prompts
And now for prompts! These are a few lines/concepts that have been kicking around my head lately. I'd love to see what y'all make of them--I was absolutely delighted by the art that came of the other ones I posted!
tawny, like the owl
dreaming in a tangled skein
dripping autumn
jars of memory
Concept: Writing a poem about each color in the rainbow, describing the color without naming it--the title of the poem is the color itself.
Prompt, for those interested
Broken, like a spiderweb
under tangerine skies
pieces of nowhere
withered leaves