Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Whirligig 342

Welcome to The Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many (or as few) of them as you wish.

You will be able to link your writing to this site anytime, for the link never expires.

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: [email protected]


THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Love in a Time of Climate Change" by Craig Santos Perez: rare, crude, habitat, seed, taste, love, ripens, survive, rich, compost, sea, heat

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Whirligig 341

Welcome to The Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many (or as few) of them as you wish.

You will be able to link your writing to this site anytime, for the link never expires.

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: [email protected]


THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "In an Unrelated" by Elaine Equi: nothing, common, brand, campfire, stories, peckish, tweets, place, versions, tastes, see, always

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Whirligig 340

Welcome to The Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many (or as few) of them as you wish.

You will be able to link your writing to this site anytime, for the link never expires.

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: [email protected]


THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Song Sparrow" by Bruce Willard: sound, before, decades, porch, sparrow, summer, held, hand, bent, fingers, feathers, bone

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Whirligig 339

Welcome to The Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many (or as few) of them as you wish.

You will be able to link your writing to this site anytime, for the link never expires.

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: [email protected]


THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Saint Francis and Sister Death" by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer: humble, praise, dance, shame, partner, hut, heart, ashes, baby, doors, dinner, mystery