Maybe “deconstructing” is a better word for what follows. I love a well-constructed, nuance-laden, tension-building poem — especially one with lines or phrases repeated, each time expanding on the underlying theme. When it works, it really works. When I dabble in a structured form, I need to take it apart and put it back together [...]
We’ve been busy, sharing our poetry with the world. Some highlights of our recent and future activities: Anne Westlund: ~had three poems published in Poetry Breakfast: http://poetrybreakfast.wordpress.com/?s=anne+westlund “Chivalry” - March 11, 2012 “White-out” – March 17, 2012 “Eclipse” – March 26, 2012 ~Strange Pulp - one time publication for the Oasis Sci-Fi Convention in Orlando, [...]
As my sister Muselings have demonstrated, we’ve approached the Aragman armed with butterfly nets, howitzers, and an array of tactics. I aimed for congruity of the alternating lines, and didn’t worry about syllabic symmetry. My seemingly serene (publicly, at least), alter ego had a lot to say about being the subject of this poem. She’s usually [...]
We’re excited to host Magdalena Ball – poet, fiction writer, mentor, friend we’ve not had the pleasure of meeting in person (yet) — as she travels cyberspace to share her latest book Black Cow. Most stops on her schedule focus on the novel and writing fiction. Here, she’s at home in poetry, and gave us permission to post the [...]
Six Questions For . . . We’re being interviewed on Jim Harrington’s blog, “Six Questions For . . .” on March 1, 2012. Jim’s guest include publishers, editors, and others in the field of writing. His goal, to paraphrase from his blog, is to: . . . provide authors with specific information about what editors [...]
This week, I am mentoring a very talented 14-year old poet, and supporting one of our Poetic Museling mentors. Interesting to be of service up and down this ladder. First of all, congratulations to MAGDALENA BALL for Black Cow, her recently released novel. Reviews praise its depth, craftily written prose, the core subject so many [...]
Whether you’re a poet or an artist, there are some ways to keep an image fresh in your mind. This works wonders, when the focus is in nature, landscape or people. To catch the essence is to capture the moment with memory, notes and/or photography. 1. Memory–If you have a good or an excellent photographic [...]
I wrote two poems that were very dear to me, but unfortunately never quite hit their mark with my critique buddies, neither the Poetic Musings nor my in-town group. Almost every poem I shared with my critique groups has been improved by the act of putting it out there, reading it aloud to my local [...]
Several years ago, I found Refuse to Choose, by Barbara Sher, author of WishCraft and other amazing books. This one was directed at “scanners”- those of us who have so many projects and so many ideas that we can’t figure out what to do first and often end up paralyzed into inaction. I come back to [...]
As promised, today’s post is a poem written by Eileen Peterson, entered in our recent “Favorite Poet / Poem / and Why?” contest. My Dream House (after the style of Don Blanding By Eileen Dawson Peterson Word pictures draw the shape before my eyes of a “Vagabond’s House” in some far paradise. And wistfully I [...]
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