Posting short (200 character) science fiction stories based in real science every day for National Poetry Month. April 6, 2021 Monkey Mind Control Excited, Joel 14, paralyzed in a ski accident waited as surgeons chipped his brother. The chip sent brain activity in Marty’s mind to a spinal receiver causing movement in Joel’s arms and legs…

Ways to Write Seed Pack Poetry Part 4 Action verbs stimulate the readers’ mind and create physical sensations that give a richness to an image create by the poem. Look for action words on seed packs like touched, plant, harvest, germinate, watch, grow, begin, and pick. Bloomsdale Savoy Spinach (Territorial Seed Company) packed plants grow mature…

Ways to Write Seed Pack Poetry Part 3 Often on the back of seed packs there are words that describe sensations: - Colors we can see like cosmic purple carrots. - Shapes we can see like scalloped leaves of Italian arugula or the long narrow leaves of Tuscan kale. - Textures we…

Ways to Write Seed Pack Poetry Part 1 Seed pack poetry is a form of found poetry, erasure poetry or blackout poetry. Found poetry is a form of poetry where the words are found in a page of text. The poet uses only words found in that piece of text…

Found Poetry from The Red Sunflower Diaries and Garden Seed Pack Blackout Poetry Garden peas are edible and have beautiful, often white flowers. The flowers like the peas themselves are sweet and crunchy and taste of peas. Edible garden peas bloom mostly in white, but may have other pale coloring…

Found Poetry from The Red Sunflower Diaries Creating a Traditional Chinese Medicine garden full of each of the five elements can be done with flowers, plants, trees, elemental features. Red is the color of the fire element, which includes the heart, the small intestines, the pericardium or heart protector, and…

Found poetry for April 21, 2022 National Poetry Month “We all self-censor at times. We keep quiet at dinner with our in-laws, or nod passively in a work meeting. But what happens when we take this deception a step further, and pretend we believe the opposite of what we really…