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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 […]
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 […]
The Power of Words
Have there been books, speeches, movies or television shows, or even poems that had a profound influence on your perception of something? Perhaps with the exception of a speech by a world leader, do you think the author of that work knew he or she would have such an influence? I’ve mentioned before a quotation […]
Just For Fun Friday 03/28/2014
I have a ‘day job’ in the transportation industry. Just For Fun, I started this list recently… Trucking is a lot like Writing….. …you hope you get to your destination without any trouble. Sometimes it’s a long and winding road! …diversion is just part of the job. …there are a lot of unscheduled stops. …just […]
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