This morning I was listening to Pandora and I started thinking about some of the song lyrics that resonate with me. I’d been thinking recently about constructing a cento so I decided to write one using song lyrics instead of … Continue reading Cento: Fiendin’ #Poetry
If you follow me on Twitter you’ve already seen my tweets about these three essays. If not, here they are. I highly recommend them all. Happy Friday! Strange Inspirations: Past Resolutions & Tools to Help You Stay Focused Today … Continue reading Three Must Shares # FridayReads
This Saturday, January 13, the Women’s National Book Association of New Orleans will be hosting five women poets on a “Women Poets Resist” panel including contributors to the Nasty Women Poets anthology. Poets include Stacy Balkan, Gina Ferrara, Julie Kane, Andrea Panzeca, and Carolyn Hembree. The event will be held at the Mid-City Branch of the New Orleans Public Library, 4140 Canal St from 11:30 – 2:00. More info here. Freesia McKee of Gulf Stream published an informative review of Nasty Women Poets here, stating,”Nasty Women Poets is an affirmation that we are not alone, that there is power in numbers, in numbers … Continue reading Interview with Julie Kane, Poet & Co-Editor of Nasty Women Poets/#Poetry #writing #women
I’m pleased to say I have three poems in Isacoustic. Thanks to Barton Smock for giving these poems a home. *** Why is there a pic of Jimi, you ask? Guess you’ll have to click the link to find out. 😎 Photog Unknown. Continue reading 3 Poems in Isacoustic*
I mentioned in a previous post that there’s a thriving poetry community on Twitter. Now there’s a movement, started by Kelli Russell Agodon and Donna Vorreyer , to expand the twitter poetry community into blogging. Some of the poets are … Continue reading Reading, #Writing, Sharing and what I’m doing about it
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An endless October sky casts reams of light into my lap as I contemplate the thinning skin on my hands, the blue highway of veins prominent on their mountainous journey, the joints of my fingers swollen from repeated retraction and release. The pads of my palms lie cool on my thighs, waiting on the warmth of a twentieth-century touch that no longer exists except within this thought on this blue day, proof that the body remembers. Charlotte Hamrick’s poetry and prose has been published in numerous online and print journals, most recently including Muddy River… Continue reading Keratin
January. The month of lists, resolutions, promises. Hope. I’ve never liked lists. They get lost. They’re incomplete. They stare down at you from the fridge door when you’re going for some ice cream. They nag. Resolutions and promises? Easy to … Continue reading Hope
“I come from a working-class family, and I’ve been working since I was 13, from babysitting to blueberry picking to factory work to bookstore work. And of course, being a mother and homemaker, the hardest work of all.” You … Continue reading Happy birthday, Patti
from my fur babies and me! 🎄☃️🛍❤️🎉 Continue reading Happy Christmas Day
Those who read this blog regularly know how much I enjoy sharing other writers writing. I try to do that from time to time. Lately, I’ve read some astounding stories via poetry, flash fiction, and essay that I want to share with you. They’re all pretty short and only take a few seconds to a few minutes to read but, oh, such power in these words! I’ve added a snippet to each selection to give you an idea of the wonderment in store when you click over. These stories are great for taking a slice of quiet time from all … Continue reading 15 Amazing Stories to Read by Women When You Need a Break from the Festivities
