I wrote this a while back, but since this is my all-school reunion weekend in Bonham, Texas, I wanted to reshare this sweet memory. I took a private Speech class from Mrs. Mary Wilshire for two years when I was in middle school. I walked to her house from school along Agnew Street and I…
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Congratulations to Marie Howe for Her Pulitzer Prize in Poetry!
I love Marie Howe’s poetry. It is accessible, heartfelt, and beautifully expressed. I first saw her when she was a guest on fellow poet Billy Collins’s Masterclass and she read her poem, “What the Living Do,” which expresses her grief over losing her brother John to AIDS in 1889. I lost two brothers, John and…
Day 3: A Surrealistic Prose Poem (Or My Best Effort Since I Don’t Exactly Know What That Is!)
The National Poetry Writing Challenge today called for a surrealist prose poem. Google’s answer to what elements are needed in a surrealistic prose poem are as follows; The main elements of surrealism include the integration of dreams and fantasies into reality, the exploration of the unconscious mind, and the use of free imagination. Okay, here goes…
20 Minutes a Day 