I sure have enjoyed National Poetry Month! How about you? Let’s take a quick look back: I shared why I think poetry is the most personal form of writing. We chatted with my dear friend and lovely poet Mea Smith about her poetry and writing through grief. And...
In honor of National Poetry Month, I wanted to take a look at teaching poetry to kids. Now, I’ve read the horror stories of poetry-as-torture that some people recall from their elementary and junior high days. Most high school and college memories seem to be...
Happy National Poetry Month!! As promised in this post on what I consider to be the most personal kind of writing, we’re continuing a monthlong celebration of POETRY in an interview with a poet. This isn’t any old poet, though! She is one of my dearest...
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel like I’m walking through life on a narrow path between towering mountains of dirty dishes and clothes, unpaid bills, messy floors and to-do lists longer than the Amazon River. Plus, there’s the...
As I type this post, I’m looking out the window at one of the very few mild days we get in Southeast Louisiana. The sun’s shining; the wind’s gently rustling the leaves. It’s the kind of day where you can’t help but feel positive. Of...
Writing may be a solitary profession, but writers need support. They need a community (as we examined in a three-part series). The most important person in that community can—and should—be a writer’s Valentine. How and why should a writer’s significant...
