“Pocket,” an interpolation of Leonard Cohen's Anthem with my real-time horror of discovering a hole in the basement wall big enough for a fox or a human to enter, prompting memories of Wild Things and fears of invasion, written Wednesday, October 14, 2026 poem 287 in a series of 365…
Loosely Hinged
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2026 Poetry Challenge - Current Events - Dry Humor - Humor - Loosely Hinged - Maryland - Of Place - Poems - Rants - Snarky
Pocket
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2026 Poetry Challenge - Culinary - Geriatric Millennial - Humor - Insufferable - Long form musings - Loosely Hinged - Loosely Hinged - Maryland - Of Cooking - Of Place - Poems - Rants - Recipes for Life
Crumbs
“Crumbs,” a melt-down captured, when a certain someone's homemade bagels were accidentally baked too hot, too long, and burnt to a crisp, written Sunday, September 20, 2026 poem 263 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "Twisted fibers," a macro image of a Kazak…
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2026 Poetry Challenge - Long form musings - Loosely Hinged - Maryland - Of Place - Poems - Runaway Imagination - Short-form Musings
Foundation
“Foundation,” a humor-infused account of scope creep on a newly started home renovation atop Maryland Red Clay, written Saturday, September 12, 2026 poem 255 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "Maryland Ultisol; A Most Solid Foundation," by Diana Ludwick © 2026.
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2026 Poetry Challenge - Corporate - Current Events - Generational - Hormonal - Teenage variant - Humor - Loosely Hinged - Loosely Hinged - Of Place - Poems - Pun-y / Tongue-in-Cheek - Runaway Imagination - Travel - Unserious
Adoption
“Adoption,” an accounting of the experience of buying a squeeze tube of lip balm from Glossier on Spring Street, New York, written Sunday, September 06, 2026 poem 249 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "In Line For Da Clerb," by Diana Ludwick ©…
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2026 Poetry Challenge - Current Events - Humor - Loosely Hinged - Loosely Hinged - Poems - Unserious
Sleepwalking
“Sleepwalking,” an unintentionally ironic observation of a new form of nocturnal somnambulism, written Sunday, August 23, 2026 poem 235 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "The nocturnal walker," by Diana Ludwick © 2026.
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2026 Poetry Challenge - Culinary - Current Events - Eating and Drinking - Generational - Humor - Loosely Hinged - Of Place - Poems - Recipes for Life - Short-form Musings
Diner
“Diner,” fragments of conversation intercepted over pancakes at a roadway diner, written Saturday, August 08, 2026 poem 220 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "Three Blokes," by Diana Ludwick © 2026.
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2026 Poetry Challenge - Current Events - Faux Lament - Generational - Humor - Loosely Hinged - Of Place - Perimenopause - Poems - Rants - Snarky - Unserious
Northbound
“Northbound,” an unhinged travel log of driving North with family, written Friday, August 07, 2026 poem 219 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "Get Low Low Low," by Diana Ludwick © 2026.
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2026 Poetry Challenge - Culinary - Current Events - Generational - Geriatric Millennial - Hormonal - Teenage variant - Humor - Insufferable - Loosely Hinged - Of Cooking - Perimenopause - Poems - Snarky - Unserious
Pop Off
“Pop Off,” a Mother-Daughter Monday Mania, written Monday, July 27, 2026 poem 208 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "Charcoal is Served," by Diana Ludwick © 2026.
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2026 Poetry Challenge - Culinary - Generational - Geriatric Millennial - Humor - Insufferable - Long form musings - Loosely Hinged - Loosely Hinged - Nostalgia - Of Cooking - Poems - Pun-y / Tongue-in-Cheek - Recipe-ish - Snarky - Television - Unserious
Spice Up
“Spice Up,” a barely-hinged and self-aggrandizing ode to the power of spice, written Sunday, July 26, 2026 poem 207 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "Spice Up Your Life!" by Diana Ludwick © 2026
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2026 Poetry Challenge - Geriatric Millennial - Homage - Humor - Loosely Hinged - Poems - Pun-y / Tongue-in-Cheek - Unserious
Spongeworthy
“Spongeworthy,” a zesty accounting of what it takes to get on the short list of eligible recipients for my hand-wrought sourdough gluten-free bagels, written Saturday, July 25, 2026 poem 206 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo by Diana Ludwick © 2026.