After yesterday’s discussion of novelty, the word “ordinary” stood out to me in the Sept/Oct 2019 Poets&Writers Magazine. In The Literary Life section article “Historical Fiction: The Pleasures and Perils of Writing About Other Eras” by Christina Baker Kline and Lisa Gornick. Kline mentions a New Yorker piece in which Jill Lepore writes, “Fiction canContinue reading “Poetry as Ordinary Observations of Opposites”
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Art Poetry
After my week went terribly wrong and I was feeling very down, I bought myself: (assoc. links) the Schylling Marblescope Kaleidoscope, and the The Artist Magnetic Poetry Kit, but in my haste to get it as soon as I could, I didn’t check the address, and sent it to my house instead of where IContinue reading “Art Poetry”
Poets Listen in Libraries
In another article in the News and Trends section of the May/June 2019 Poets&Writers Magazine, called “Sharing Poetry Chapbooks Online,” I discovered a fabulous resource library and place to listen to poets reading. Poets House has been digitizing rare chapbooks of the “Mimeo Revolution” a period stretching from the early 1960s through the mid-1980s whenContinue reading “Poets Listen in Libraries”
Knowing Poetry Like Kaleidoscopes
In the News and Trends section of the May/June 2019 Poets&Writers Magazine, in an article called “The Bookshop Band” about an English band called The Bookshop Band that toured America, playing book-inspired music in libraries and bookstores, I read, America is such a huge place, and when you look at it from afar without reallyContinue reading “Knowing Poetry Like Kaleidoscopes”
Poetry as a Journey
At the end of the Editor’s Note in the March/April 2019 Poets&Writers Magazine, Kevin Larimer writes, “I hope this issue provides a little inspiration, a bit of insight, and maybe even some companionship for what can feel like a long, lonely journey. Never give up.” He’s talking about the writer’s life as a journey, butContinue reading “Poetry as a Journey”
Integral Ingredient of Poetry
The Fiction prompt in the March/April 2019 Poets&Writers Magazine is called “Family Recipe.” The prompt uses (assoc. link)Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi as inspiration and says, “a mysteriously powerful homemade gingerbread wends its way like a spell through multiple generations of friendships and familial relationships. At times it plays an integral role in the alienating forcesContinue reading “Integral Ingredient of Poetry”
Hypnagogic Poetry
The Jan/Feb 2019 Poets&Writers Magazine has an article called “The Hour Between Dog and Wolf” by Melissa Burkley that talks about hypnagogia, a term for the “mental twilight” during the first few minutes of sleep and when we’re just waking up when we experience dream imagery and enough conscious control to remember it. Edison wasContinue reading “Hypnagogic Poetry”
Poetry’s Gravity
In the fourteenth annual look at debut poets called “Wilder Forms” in the Jan/Feb 2019 Poets&Writers Magazine I read, “For all the gravity of the poets’ concerns, though, there is also a sense of play and invention throughout their work.” The idea of a poem—a poet’s concerns—having gravity, holding things to it, creating orbits stuckContinue reading “Poetry’s Gravity”
Psycho Kitty Poetry
As a reward for my first bingo on my rejection letter bingo card, I bought myself: (assoc. links) the Magnetic Poetry Original Kit, Metal Easel Board, and the Psycho Kitty Magnetic Word Kit. I had a lot of fun playing with them yesterday. Here is one of my creations: I also set up a newContinue reading “Psycho Kitty Poetry”
Poetry Focus
Today’s word from the Nov/Dec 2018 Poets&Writers Magazine is Focus. This issue had a section called “Focus in on Literary Magazines” that included three articles: one on the dawn of digital submissions; one on magazine contracts; and one on increasing diverse representation. My intense focus on poetry and poetry submissions for the first quarter ofContinue reading “Poetry Focus”
Experience Writing 