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A lot of writers try to develop an authentic, original voice. We read the work of other poets for inspiration and guidance, but when it comes time to call forth our own words, we want them to come from our own inner spring.
Dreams can provide the writer with a never-ending source of original images, feelings, [...]

Casting call- unique types wanted!
As poets we feel the need to write, but what do we write about? We surf the net looking for prompts, read newspapers, look at paintings or listen to music, but ultimately we end up writing about ourselves. How then can we turn our own lives into poems?
If your life is [...]

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What does 7 + 5 = 12 have to do with metaphor and consonance? After attending a poetry reading and workshop by Earl S. Braggs I learned that, although mathematics and poetry are two different languages, when they bisect each other they create a complementary algebra of the heart and mind.
Here’s an example of Braggs’ [...]

Establishing a daily writing practice can turn into an adventure if you spend some time moseying around the web. Writing prompts appear on many different sites, on every day of the week, beckoning the poet to link up and share a few lines or read what others have to say. In fact, you can even [...]

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There’s a room in my house I like to call “my room,” a la Virginia Woolf’s essay, “A Room of One’s Own.” In truth the space also serves as a storage room for family art projects, files, junk mail waiting for the shredder, winter clothes and books that keep trickling into our house, as well [...]