i recently came across a very strange blog called the bichy witch. it is exactly the kind of writing that i hope every writer tries to avoid. a friend and i read through some of the author of this blog’s poetry, and laughed a great deal. sure, anyone can write. the Internet makes it possible [...]
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the bichy witch.
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art through the eyes of a writer.
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writing can be inspired by anything. a very good friend of mine, angela cox, loves photography and modern art. she uses a great deal of watercolors and abstract ideas in her own art, and takes amazing pictures. her blog moves me to tears, sometimes. art and photography can certainly be an inspiration for literature, especially [...]
sylvia plath.
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sylvia plath is the featured author right now on poets.org. she is an amazing poet–she was a bit dark, but honestly, what poet isn’t. she killed herself in 1963 after writing her semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar. she did it using her gas oven. one of my best friends, kathryn white, says the bell jar [...]
preludes.
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t.s. eliot is one of the most amazing poets of our time. his poem, “preludes,” is one of my favorites. it is about how human beings can be beat to death by a lonely, anonymous, hurried life–they can be left frustrated and nervous. this poem is so abstract, and the images eliot uses are incredible. [...]
balcony conversation.
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i’m going to focus on poetry for a little while in the next few posts because it is being honored this month. i write poetry occasionally–i generally like to focus on short fiction, but because its difficult to express certain emotions through fiction (because it is fiction), i like to let some feelings out through [...]
celebrate the word.
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national poetry month was begun by the academy of american poets in 1996. it is celebrated every april, which means we are celebrating national poetry month this month! i love poetry. i believe that it is a way to express feelings and emotions through metaphors and imagery and prose. sometimes it is more difficult to [...]
