Found Poetry is a delicious way to create snippets of thought and warm up one's creative muscles. There are often those weeks for me when I feel the desperate need to cling to even the smallest such phrases in order to at least make something. A few times they bloom into full poems, other times… Continue reading found poetry | part 4
This year my homeschool co-op's junior class includes a seminar on writing poetry. I've been adoring this one, though it's hard to fit in poetry after working on chemistry and algebra and debate for hours each day. At the beginning of the year we were told to bring two things to class: the book we're… Continue reading Poetry Journal Tour | ft. messy handwriting, pictures, and poems I sort of wrote
Every piece of art has a story even if it's as simple as "I was bored and drew a line and it turned into a fish" or "I needed something to send to a friend in a letter." It's one of the reasons I love art so much, and one of the reasons why I… Continue reading Small Art Things
This week I was struggling to write a poem for a class I'm taking and so I returned to the 50 cent copy of Emma I have abused for over a year now, and this was the product. When you are looking for inspiration, where do you go?
Recently I have had the delight of reading a new book on poetry, Poemcrazy by Susan G. Wooldridge. My grandmother gave it to me for Christmas and, in trying to immerse myself with ideas and inspiration, I have started it. So here we go with another entry in the journal of Evelyn-finds-something-neat-about-poetry-and-comes-to-share-it. Today's topic: word… Continue reading Playing In Word Pools and Other Found Poetry
Good evening, friends! Friday is here and I am later than normal with a post, but no matter. I have been gone most of the day, volunteering at a camp in a class of seven and eight-year-olds. Hence, I am a bit tired, but here to share some blackout poetry. I made these yesterday evening.… Continue reading Blackout Poetry
the rain-drenched writer. 