Just For Fun Friday 04/11/2014
Does this happen to you? It’s 3 o’clock in the morning, and here I sit at my computer, playing with an idea that came to me about an hour ago. Often the ‘middle of the night’ thoughts are jotted down on a notepad on my bedside table (don’t we all have one?) and I go […]
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 […]
In the Mood
During the winter months, I find myself channeling my bear relatives and hibernating. I stay in my cave, and watch old movies and write. A friend attributes it to SAD – Seasonal Affective Disorder – something about sunlight deprivation. Yeah, I’m feelin’ that. During those months, my poetry is sometimes pretty depressing. Getting out those feelings helps, […]
Retreats – Time to Write
Do you sometimes find that time to write is in short supply? Since I live in the country with only dogs and cats to keep me company, you’d think all I need to do to find solitary writing time (away from my day job) is go home and not talk to anyone for a week. That doesn’t work […]
Just For Fun Friday, 01/24/2014
Last Tuesday I blogged about found poems, and I promised to share my favorite. I was reading an article about The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck that quoted this passage. I thought, “You know, that would make a great poem.” So I worked with it. The only thing I did was to create the line […]
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