09 Friday Dec 2016
Posted in Thoughts on Poetry
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Jane Hirshfield, line break, metaphor, Playlist, poets on craft, style, Terrance Hayes, Tim Seibles, transitions, youtube channel
Just a few short (and not-so short) videos featuring Poets on Craft. Highlights include Jane Hirshfield speaking on transitions, Aimee Nez on capturing landscape/natural world, Tim Seibles on metaphor and Terrance Hayes reflecting on style. Enjoy!
04 Monday Apr 2016
Posted in National Poetry Month '16
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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, 30dpc, Adele Kenny, Adrienne Rich, Apparatus Magazine, Billy Collins, feminist poets, Found Poetry Review, Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Jane Hirshfield, Kate Foley, Kelly Tsai, Leanne Howe, Major Jackson, Mariah Wilson, Mary Carroll Hackett, Native American Poets, NotaLiteraryJournal, NPM16, Poem a Day, Poetic Asides, poetry collections, poetry prompts, Poetry School, QuillsEdge Press, Rachel Piercy, tweetspeakpoetry, Victor Hernandez Cruz, Walt Whitman, Winter Tangerine Review, women poets
DAY FOUR of the best prompts, poems and news from your #NaPoWriMo/#NPM16/#NaPoMo /#NationalPoetryMonth/#poemaday hashtags.
Best of the Prompts
NaPoWriMo’s “Cruelest Month prompt”
NotaLiteraryJournal’s “Ode to Indulgences prompt”
Imaginary Garden’s “Nature Poems prompt”
Mary Carroll-Hackett’s “What We Love prompt”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “Distance poems prompt”
Adele Kenny’s “Peace of Mind prompt”
30dpc’s “Risks/Rewards prompt”
Apparatus Mag’s “Passion prompt”
Poetry School’s “Instagram prompt”
Mariah Wilson’s “Younger Self prompt”
QuillsEdge Press’ “Never Seen Such a Sky prompt”
Kate Foley’s “Places/People You Used to Know prompt”
Found Poetry’s “WordBlocks prompt”
Tweetspeakpoetry’s “Pirate’s Life prompt”
Winter Tangerine’s “First Thing You Kept From Your Parents prompt”
Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)
Walt Whitman “I Hear America Singing”
Rachel Piercy “Brief Encounter”
Jane Hirshfield “My Life Was the Size of My Life”
Billy Collins “Aristotle”
Leanne Howe “Indians Never Say Goodbye”
Kelly Tsai “Wai-Puo (For My Bad-ass Grandma)” (video)
Victor Hernández Cruz “Here is an Ear to Hear”
Major Jackson “Double View of the Adirondacks as Reflected Over Lake Champlain from Waterfront Park”
Miscellaneous
Adrienne Rich’s “Feminist Awakening” (New Republic)
Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute Hosts Three Native American Poets (Podcast)
**Poets, if you would like to be featured in 2sDay Poems, have your collection reviewed, guest post in the Poetry Lab or blog on any of the Thoughts on Poetry topics, including Foremother Friday or Small Press Interviews, drop me a line at bonesparkblog@yahoo.com.
11 Tuesday Aug 2015
Posted in 2sDay Poems
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2sDay Poems, An Hour is Not a House, art/poetry fusion, Jane Cooper, Jane Hirshfield, TED talk, the art of the metaphor, The Building of a House, women poets
Two prolific poets approach ‘house’ through different doors:
What was the blond child building
Down by the pond at near-dark
When the trees had lost their gilding
And the giant shadows stepped
To the water’s edge, then stopped?
With intent fingers, doing a boy’s work
In a boy”s old sweater
She hammered against her dear world’s dirty weather.
Proud of her first house
Which boasted an orange-crate ceiling
A pillow, a stuffed mouse…
FULL TEXT HERE
from Poetry, Oct. 1958
An hour is not a house,
a life is not a house,
you do not go through them as if
they were doors to another.
Yet an hour can have shape and proportion,
four walls, a ceiling
An hour can be dropped like a glass….
FULL TEXT HERE
from Poetry, Apr. 2013
Bonus tidbit: Hirshfield on The Art of the Metaphor (TED talk)
28 Tuesday Apr 2015
Posted in National Poetry Month '15
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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, 30dpc, Claire Trevien, Dorianne Laux, ELJ Publications, Flashbang Writing Studio, Jane Hirshfield, Maya Angelou, Millissa Alger, mslexia, Negative Capability Press, pink ink press, Poem a Day, poet interviews, Poetic Asides, poetry folio, Poetry magazine, poetry prompts, Poets&Writers, Salmon Poetry, Seamus Cashman, Stories& Slams, West Trestle Review, Wild Violet, Wislawa Szymborska, women poets
The best prompts, poems and news from DAY TWENTY-EIGHT of #NaPoWriMo/#NPM15 /#NationalPoetryMonth.
Best of the Prompts
NaPoWriMo’s “Bridges prompt”
30dpc “Change of Scenery prompt”
Mslexia’s “Ridiculous Self-Portrait prompt”
Negative Capability Press’ “Diamante prompt”
West Trestle Review “Reinvention prompt”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “2forTues Matter/Anti-Matter prompt”
Stories& Slams’ “Newsworthy Villanelles”
Wild Violet’s “Y is for Yadu prompt”
Pink Ink Press’ “Fast Forward prompt”
The Language Inside’s “Virtues after Kay Ryan prompt”
Flashbang Writing Studio’s “It’s Alive! prompt”
Poets& Writers’ “Musical Inspiration prompt”
Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)
Ada Limon| “The Great Blue Heron of Dunbar Road”
Wislawa Szymborska| “Possibilities”
Maya Angelou| “Still I Rise”
Jane Hirshfield| “Each Morning a White Bull Steps Shining Into the World”
Millissa Alger| “Empty Cradleboard”
Seamus Cashman| “I too begin with scaffolding” from the Sistine Gaze(video)
Claire Trevien| “Whales”
Dorianne Laux| “Disturbance”
Miscellaneous
Founder of ELJ Publications Talks Poetry, Emerging Writers and Mental Illness Awareness
Speculating Darkly: A Poetry Folio at Harriet the Blog
07 Tuesday Apr 2015
Posted in National Poetry Month '15
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#napomo, #NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, 30dpc, Apparatus Magazine, arthurian legends, artspeak, atlas obscura, Emily Skaja, Gary Soto, George Washington, hatbooks, Jane Hirshfield, John Ashberry, Kimberly Blaeser, Kristin Naca, Martha Silano, Mary Biddinger, Miss Rumphius Effect, mslexia, National Museum of the American Indian, O Magazine, PBS, picture prompts, pink ink press, Poem a Day, poet laureates, Poetic Asides, Poetically Speaking, poetry prompts, poets on twitter, Robert Hass, Sarah Heller, Storybird, Terri Witek, Wild Violet, women poets, Yusef Komunyakaa
Your one-stop source for the best of the prompts, poems and news from DAY SEVEN of #NaPoWriMo/#NPM15 /#NationalPoetryMonth.
Best of the Prompts
ARTSPEAK #7: “Elizabeth Moutal’s Mortars and Pestles”
Mslexia “Childhood Utterings Prompt”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “Love Poems & Anti-Love poems”
Apparatus Magazine’s “Sex? poems”
30dpc “Looking Ahead prompt”
Wild Violet “F is for Figure of Speech”
Miss Rumphius Effect’s “Jumping Into Form–Senryu”
The Language Inside’s “Everyday Images w/ Repeated Lines”
Pink Ink Press’ “Romance &Affectionate Moments prompt”
PBS’ El Velador (The Nighwatchman): Place-based Poems
National Museum of the American Indian “Strawberry and Chocolate” picture prompt
Atlas Obscura “Natural Wonders: Grand Prismatic Spring” factoid prompt
Storybird “Poetry Roulette”
NaPoWriMo’s “Money poems”
Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)
Thuli Zuma| “90trilliion” (video)
Shakespeare| “Sonnet 126” (read by David Tennant)
Yusef Komunyakaa| “The Shortest Night”
Martha Silano| “Peach Glosa”
Gary Soto| “Oranges”
Sarah Heller| “Leaving Egypt”
Emily Skaja| “Self-Portrait with Hawk & Armada”
Jane Hirshfield| “Tolstoy and the Spider”
Miscellaneous
Ashberry on Poetry & Visual Art
Interview w/ Poet Terri Witek
Uplifting Verses from 11 Strong Female Poets
Eating Lorca: Nouns You Can Smell (Kristin Naca at Poetry)
George Washington as Poet
Poetically Speaking: The Surprises of Poetry
38 Gifted Poets on Twitter
Kimberly Blaeser and the Revelatory Power of Poetry
O Magazine’s 12 Books of Poetry to Savor
Interview: Mary Biddinger
Bankhead Visiting Writers: Robert Hass
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