Denise E Lindquist
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I am married with 7 children, 28 grands, and 13 great-grandchildren. I am a culture consultant part-time. I write A Poem a Day in February for 8 years now. I wrote 4 - 50,000 word stories in NaNoWriMo. I write on Vocal/Medium daily.
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Poem A Day In February 2026
The Clogyrnach is 8, 8, 5, 5, 3, 3 syllables with an AABBBA rhyming end words that is many times read out loud. This is our contest for our last week, beginning tomorrow. A tricube format came originally from Mike Singleton and then Calvin London, who said, "Mike is a constant source of unofficial challenges and presents different forms of poetry. In a recent story, he talked about Tricube poetry. It is a very structured (three) x (three) x (three) format, the syllables for each of the three lines and three stanzas in the poem."
By Denise E Lindquista day ago in Poets
Valentines Day Haiku
Author's Note: This was a three day Valentines Day haiku contest. It started last Friday and ended on Sunday. Haiku was the format. Others did write poems but they weren't all Haiku. The others are still in the gift booklet that will be sent to the winners. The top 3 are included below, including our own Mariann Carroll, who won first place.
By Denise E Lindquist5 days ago in Poets
It's A Work Day!
Yes, it is an anonymous time, as names and faces cannot be shown. I can't share too much, anything that may identify anyone, except me. It is nanaboozhoo story time today. Then again, it may not be as there is not much snow on the ground on this day. Tomorrow will be different; we could have a fresh 7 or 8 inches of snow. After reading about 103 weather in other parts of the world, where they have summer now, I don't mind our weather. So what story will I tell if I need snow on the ground to tell a nanaboozhoo story? How about this one? Several years ago now, I was at a Tiospye (extended family or community group in the Dakota language), and an elder Lakota woman was telling this story, and her granddaughter was interpreting in English. Iktomi is a spider and a trickster. There were probably 15 to 20 people listening to the story. I've told this story over the years and have had some interesting comments.
By Denise E Lindquist6 days ago in Fiction
Nonsense Poetry Contest
Author's Note: Poem a Day in February (PaDiF) is fun for everyone who joins in. There are prizes for placing like pictured above, their are booklets that have your poems in. I write poetry every day on PaDiF for fun and for encouragement. I am not entered in most of the contests. This year two regulars stepped up and donated prizes and agreed to be my partner in this endeavor. We will get a new writer on occasion. I have fun with the regulars all year long as we have one day a month where we rhyme. Below, please find three poems of the five that placed:
By Denise E Lindquist7 days ago in Poets
Water Ceremony At The Mississippi River
We were especially pleased with the sun up in the sky today! And I talked about how much energy the sun gives me in the winter. I have never been diagnosed with seasonal affective disorder (SAD), but I believe I have it. My energy is like night and day when the sun hasn't been out for a few days.
By Denise E Lindquist8 days ago in Earth
