dVerse Poets Pub For today’s Meet the Bar prompt, Björn introduces us to the work of John Donne and invites us to follow his eighteen line heroic sonnet form. The line about honey in Donne’s poem made me think of a couple Proverbs about honey, so I thought I would rewrite them to fit intoContinue reading “Proverbial Honey”
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RNLN #14 The Prophet: Kahlil Gibran’s Exploration of Abstract Nouns
Reading Novels Like a Novelist (RNLN 14) To get back into my abstractions posts, and my reading novels like a novelist (RNLN) posts I thought I’d explore The Prophet as both. I finally read The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, originally published in 1923. The short book had been on my radar for a while, butContinue reading “RNLN #14 The Prophet: Kahlil Gibran’s Exploration of Abstract Nouns”
Me, I Emu
dVerse Poets Pub For today’s Poetics prompt, Sarah invites us to verb animals and use those verbs or verb phrases—like “horsing around” or “pigging out” or our own inventions like “eagle over” or “ant the whole hill”—in our poem. This Animal Kingdom He is always sharking—dead-eyed stare, open mouthfull of sharpnessalways moving—prowlingfor the next morselContinue reading “Me, I Emu”
How Gravity Affects Composition
In my last abstractions post, I talked about The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts by Rudolf Arnheim, and the ideas of centric and eccentric composition. Arnheim goes on to talk about how forces like gravity can effect composition which I found interesting. Arnheim says, “Walking downhill, dropping, orContinue reading “How Gravity Affects Composition”
Experience Writing 