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Surrealist poetry: have you ever looked to your dreams for a source of inspiration? Or maybe you have a vivid imagination and include both reality and your subconscious to stimulate your writing. While there are many techniques to access your Continue reading Eating Poetry: An example of a surrealist poem
Poetry gifts can be personalized by the types of poetry forms the aspiring poet loves. Whether it’s short-form, sonnets, or free verse, there are many personalized gifts to choose. And while many writers say no more blank journals. I still Continue reading Gifts for Poets and Writers
This is a small excerpt from Victorian poet Christina Rossetti’s epic poem Goblin Market. You can find the whole text online. I used this poem as an example in my essay on food in poetry. This is a fun poem Continue reading Goblin Market- A Victorian Poem by Christina Rossetti
If your gift list includes a writer or a poet, it’s easy to buy a gift card for a local or online bookseller. But by thinking creatively, you can let the creative writer know you support and believe in their creative Continue reading Gifts for Creative Writers
Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. George Eliot It is October, and the last time I posted was in June. I’m Continue reading Do you seek the successive autumns?
None of us suddenly becomes something overnight. The preparations have been in the making for a lifetime. Gail Godwin Your writing path. My office file cabinet has been on my must-do list to declutter for the last couple of years. Continue reading writing path
A word after a word after a word is power.” Margaret Atwood I’ve been contemplating taking a writing course this summer, something to inspire me to get back to a more regular writing practice or maybe look for a weekend Continue reading a word after a word
Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August.” —Jenny Han, The Summer I Turned Pretty I love magazines, but I tend to hoard stacks and stacks of them until, even for me, it’s too much, and I Continue reading Finding writing inspiration this summer
It was amazing the things a person could get used to when they really had no other choice.” Vivian Barz, Forgotten Bones Everything seems to be getting back to “normal” or what normal used to be pre-Covid. I’m back at Continue reading moving forward
Consider the alliance– ships and plants The take-for-granted bloom of our roadsides Queen Anne’s Lace Black-Eyed Susans rode the sea ‘Specimens graciously passed between warring fleets’ And when an old boat rots ashore itself once living plant it sprouts Lorine Continue reading Consider…