Safekeeping
As I am writing this, I am waiting on a squall line that the weather-guy says is approaching my neighborhood. If it really hit hard, what would I save first? Well, the pets, of course. But beyond that? The computer? It has my life in it. But a few years back, when I first discovered […]
Just For Fun – Karen’s Poem
Tuesday I mentioned a poem read by Karen Honnold at Lucidity. She gave me permission to share it…. Another Spring by Karen Honnold It is spring again. Another one without you. Who can I tell about the black crow his beak full of my white dog’s fur? Who will listen or care, that the woods […]
The True Nature of Poetry
Just a short note, with one of the best quotations on Poetry I’ve ever run across… At the Lucidity Poets’ Retreat a couple weeks ago, I fell in love with a poem that Karen Honnold read at one of the evening sessions. Later I found it was from her chapbook, and she had only brought a copy to read […]
What’s In A Name? (Titles)
You know you’ve done it. Perused the shelves at a local book store, looking through hundreds of volumes, trying to choose one to take home. You might have picked up a couple because the covers were so attractive. But the titles? Meh. Ah, but the one you chose….what really made you look inside? You bet. […]
What’s in a Name? (Writers)
Do you write under a pen name? Here’s a few reasons for doing this: to write in different genres to remain fairly anonymous in your home town to keep stalkers away from your door to hide the gender of the author to write in a style not associated with your already well-known name to honor […]
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