Write After Reading
Today is the first installment of a joint blogging conversation between Laura Salas and myself. We both tend to buy a lot of books with writing/poetry exercises in them and we actually read the books...
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I chose Chapter 7 from Writing the Life Poetic because I have always been fascinated by the original poem, 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (by Wallace Stevens) and the many variations it has spawned....
View ArticleWrite After Reading: Writing the Life Poetic (Chapter 11)
Welcome to chapter 11 of Write After Reading: Living the Life Poetic. This chapter is about thinking outside the box when it comes to using sensory descriptions. Instead of thinking what lonely feels...
View ArticleWrite After Reading: Writing the Life Poetic (Chapter 33)
Now, on to Chapter 33 and the discussion of line breaks. I was so glad to see this chapter because line breaks is one of the things I most struggle with in my poems. I felt a bit better when she said...
View ArticleWrite After Reading: Living the Life Poetic (Chapter 26)
I’m going backwards a step this week, to chapter 26, because I think the lesson in it is important one for me to remember and perhaps for you too. (I have a feeling Laura already has a habit around...
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Write After Reading: Writing the Life Poetic (Chapter 30 and 38) Welcome to another installment of Write After Reading: Writing the Life Poetic, a weekly online book club with poetry participation. It...
View ArticleWrite After Reading: Living the Life Poetic (Chapter 48) Titles
Welcome to another installment of Write After Reading: Writing the Life Poetic, a weekly online book club with poetry participation. It alternates between my blog and Laura’s blog. Last week, over at...
View ArticleWrite After Reading: Living the Life Poetic (Chapter 63)
Welcome to another installment of Write After Reading: Writing the Life Poetic, a weekly online book club with poetry participation. It alternates between my blog and Laura’s blog. Last week, over at...
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For the past few months and I have been working our way through the wonderful book, Writing the Life Life Poetic, by Sage Cohen. We alternate hosting the discussion on our blogs on Wednesdays. Sage’s...
View ArticleWrite After Reading: Coming to a Close
Write After Reading: Writing the Life Poetic has been a weekly online book club with poetry participation. It has alternated between my blog and Laura Salas’s blog. For a couple of months now Laura and...
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