Armstrong’s most prolific writing period was the 1930s and included poetry, short stories, essays, novels, translations, and biographies. His writing output fell precipitously after that, with very few works published from 1940 until his death in 1974. Fifty-Four Conceits was originally published...
There is something about writing an ode that makes me feel silly. I suppose it’s because the dramatic flair of the form forces this introvert to go all “theatrical.” It pushes me far from my comfort zone. With that said, today, I’m sharing a bit…Read more: How to Write an Ode...
(1946–48) and the later meditative poetry of Roethke, with their deep feeling for nature as a vehicle of spiritual transformation. Yet, like their Hispanic models, they were also political poets, instrumental in organizing protest and writing poems against theVietnam War. Kinnell was a Lawren...
Let's answer the question, what is found poetry, and look at some examples of how you can “find” your own poem with this method. My cousin introduced me to Found Poetry when she was compiling a book to honor her older brother who had passed away. Upon discovering a stash of his ma...
The internet makes it easy for large groups of people to collaborate on projects. The kind of collective poetry writing encouraged by the surrealists has evolved into crowdsourcing websites that allow anyone to edit an emerging collective poem. ...
But then, I think “nation” is a political framework built higgledy-piggledy around a human networking tic, something like the one that makes for that famous six degrees of separation or simultaneous language change and learning in widely separated groups. As individuals, then, all five, it ...
where the theme of The Elements was the focus of the workshops and writing exercises. The resulting book, edited by CPS Chair Roger Turner and me, contains four sections, inspired by Earth, Air, Fire and Water. There are 59 poems and over 30 photographs on these themes in the anthology ...
Every morning, Norpal Gyal sets out with a book, a tablet computer and a camera bag slung over his shoulder. Following the gentle rhythm of the sheep herd, he makes his way toward a winter pasture not far from home, starting a day of grazing and poetry writing by the lake, dubbed a...
Books, poems, writing, talking and even listening are what the words are about... and just as they should, they dazzle, warm and satisfy the ear when they're read aloud. The illustrations have a primitive, folk-art flair that occasionally crosses over into garishness, but most are good ...
As always, hope you enjoy our fuzzy, fizzy exploration between particles and people — I know I had fun writing it with Noel, hope you enjoy reading it. Fizzy feelings and fuzzy physics: #7 Energy Published June 25, 2012 Poetry 2 Comments Edit Tags: energy, flows, force, gravity, hate...