Gearing Up for Poetry Season
If you’ve followed me for a year or so, you might be asking yourself, “Isn’t it time…”? Yup. It is. Poetry Season is around the corner. During the holidays and the first couple months of the year (and, it seems, the way my life has gone in general lately…) my writing time is limited to quick bursts […]
Just For Fun Friday 06/06/2014
Do you have an Obsession There they lay, in the far corner of the bottom drawer – someone’s cherished possessions, tucked safely away. Whether forgotten, or abandoned, I treasured them as a gift. Colored Paper Clips. I displayed them in a jar on my desk, cheerful as brightly colored jelly beans, (until passers-by began […]
Vive La Difference!
One of the most prominent observations made at the Lucidity Poetry Retreat last week was the diversity of talent that was present. Some of us write like Robert Service, some like e.e.cummings, some like Billy Collins, Maya Angelou, etc. There were approximately 40 poets in attendance, and the stylings were almost as varied. The minds […]
Just For Fun Friday 04/25/2014
Did you carry a poem in your pocket yesterday? Here at the Lucidity Poets Retreat, in Eureka Springs, AR, with the lovely Ozarks as a background, we didn’t have to…our group of 40-some-odd poets walked around all day with books and notebooks full of them. The Lucidity poets have created an anthology, called April in […]
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