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What’s your favorite poem? Who’s your favorite poet? For a 65 year old lady, my favorite poem is silly. It’s The Walrus and The Carpenter by Lewis Carroll. The poem evokes childhood memories, and was one of the first poems I ever made an effort to commit to memory. However, my favorite poet is Robert […]
Poetry Month Trivia
In 1997, our two year old writers’ group was asked by the local library to host a community poetry reading during National Poetry Month (April) in participation with Robert Pinsky’s Favorite Poem Project. We were delighted, and students and faculty members from Harding University participated, as well as our members and the general public. The […]
Just For Fun Friday 03/21/2014
Sharing from a trip to North Carolina – driving the Blue Ridge Parkway. (Lots of waterfalls, but this was the only one you could see ON the road…)
Just For Fun Friday 03/14/2014
Use Your Wit I went with my daughter to look at cars a few years back, and while she was talking to a salesman, I drifted around in the showroom. Another salesman approached me about a car I was looking at. I told him I wasn’t buying, but thought that particular vehicle was ugly. He began […]
Plot, or Character?
During one of our group meetings several years ago, one of the members told me he thought I wrote like William Faulkner (Thanks, Norman!). This was a great compliment but I had mixed emotions about it. I love Faulkner’s characters – they are strong and well-defined. He develops and describes his settings so vividly it’s […]
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