OK, so this was shockingly successful. I wrote 20, 30 "poems" tonight off one-word prompts, which included "love," "quagmire," "cerulean," "witch," "earth" . . . but my favorite was Orioles, written for a young neighbor I have known 22 years. Orioles Hope in Spring Despair in Autumn - ThreadSky

lauralippman.bsky.social • 116 days ago

OK, so this was shockingly successful. I wrote 20, 30 "poems" tonight off one-word prompts, which included "love," "quagmire," "cerulean," "witch," "earth" . . . but my favorite was Orioles, written for a young neighbor I have known 22 years.

Orioles
Hope in Spring
Despair in Autumn

Comments

secretjournal.bsky.social•116 days ago

O! Candy greed!
I would rather read
Beautiful poems of speed
Crafted from one-word seed

truet.bsky.social•115 days ago

That’s really cool!

collecteightpages.bsky.social•116 days ago

collect my eight pages

karinchu.bsky.social•116 days ago

Cute idea!!

teamquimby.bsky.social•116 days ago

Dude, this is cool as hell.

tenpoawen.bsky.social•116 days ago

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bryonq.bsky.social•116 days ago

I look forward to the eventual essay about this. Also, very happy to see you here.

lauralippman.bsky.social•115 days ago

bryonq.bsky.social•115 days ago

Haha, that’s how we know we’ve really got you over here is when you post this pic. Classic Laura.

anonymmouse3333.bsky.social•116 days ago

"Woman.... wo-Man......Woooooooo-man!" - Mike Meyers in "So I Married An Axe Murderer"

rowyourbot.bsky.social•116 days ago

Amazing idea!

thehighsign.bsky.social•116 days ago

Halloween hero of 2024.

jamesharden.bsky.social•116 days ago

Totally agree

joneternallytired.bsky.social•116 days ago

Thats awesome! I love that more than the candy or potato thing folks do.

clarbar.bsky.social•116 days ago

I have many poems from Typewriter Rodeo from various events they’d do back in Austin! It’s so fun! https://www.instagram.com/typewriterrodeo

nemanjabb.bsky.social•116 days ago

Wonderful!

celestialfishy.bsky.social•115 days ago

Oh thats cute

analydia.net•116 days ago

Nice. But poems are bad for your teeth. (I know this because I read one about spousal abuse to my neighbour and turns out he wasn't in the mood.)

trinitytestsite.bsky.social•116 days ago

As a lifelong O’s fan, this gets me in the feels and I might have to get this as a tattoo. On my back.

emgeekay.bsky.social•116 days ago

Clever idea!

twainsyankee.bsky.social•116 days ago

Bella

earthisbeautiful.bsky.social•115 days ago

👍dig it!

hapchem.bsky.social•116 days ago

ouch. at some point they're going to invest in veteran talent, right? Right?

devilishlydo.bsky.social•116 days ago

*snap* *snap* *snap* *snap*

stchris.bsky.social•116 days ago

I fear I’d be unable to stop staring at your typewriter. Is that a portable Royal?

lauralippman.bsky.social•116 days ago

It is, I have multiple manual typewriters and love writing to-do lists, journal entries on them.

stchris.bsky.social•116 days ago

I have a pair of Smith-Corona Silent-Supers that were my father’s. They are beautiful machines.

I, uh, have nothing else to add, but thank you for sharing this typewriter moment.

pastanoodle.bsky.social•116 days ago

I appreciated the moment /genuine

popsyk.bsky.social•116 days ago

Oh fun! Would that I were closer.

dlbowman76.com•116 days ago

Well, that’s an instant follow.

liberallibrarian.bsky.social•116 days ago

*snaps fingers in appreciation*

wmreddy.bsky.social•116 days ago

The coolest beat...

boydsteere.bsky.social•115 days ago

Dig it, mommy-o, cats must have gone ape over those threads.

etwilkin.bsky.social•116 days ago

Delightful and devastating.

coastalcyclist.bsky.social•116 days ago

Is that a Baltimore stoop? And you dissed our Os? *Faints*

lauralippman.bsky.social•115 days ago

Dissed? I expressed our collective pain.

coastalcyclist.bsky.social•115 days ago

I share that pain...

godeep.bsky.social•116 days ago

So darling.

othon-xxd.bsky.social•116 days ago

I love this idea!

plinth666.bsky.social•116 days ago

You might find this....handy

lauralippman.bsky.social•115 days ago

I need this book!

artisanrox.bsky.social•115 days ago

poem >>>>>>> trick or candy. I love it!

bettyl.bsky.social•116 days ago

What a delightful and wonderful treat! So cool.😎🎃🌟❤️

mayfairemoon.bsky.social•115 days ago

Oh my G-d, that is absolutely the best costume ever. I used to do that at a Renaissance Faire in Florida a million years ago— with a quill pen and parchment!

9rgeoc.bsky.social•116 days ago

Funny...

misterfungi.bsky.social•116 days ago

ouch.

amyhoy.bsky.social•116 days ago

omg this is delightful. especially as a born baltimorean!

mikal-el.com•116 days ago

I had no clue you were from bawlmer

amyhoy.bsky.social•116 days ago

technically i'm from the county but that place sucks lol. (specifically where i'm from) i spent so much time in the city!

mikal-el.com•116 days ago

I won’t hold that against you…
(Growth—counseling works!)

amyhoy.bsky.social•116 days ago

if it makes you feel better, when i was 9, we had a housefire and i banged on a neighbor's door 2 doors down to ask them to call the fire department and they slammed the door on me!!

that would NEVER have happened on any of the blocks i lived on in baltimore city. we stuck together.

mikal-el.com•116 days ago

😮
I’m so sorry.

That’s horrible.

county!

misterdevans.bsky.social•116 days ago

So cool.

hearherhands.bsky.social•116 days ago

ahhhh I love finding other Baltimoreans on here.

also wow what a fantastic way to spend your evening.

we got 700 pieces of candy and it was all gone within about two hours and I felt so terrible.

hearherhands.bsky.social•116 days ago

also I just realized who I was responding to (facepalm) my apologies.

lauralippman.bsky.social•115 days ago

No apologies necessary!