Category: Poem
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Memory, Power
I’ve forgotten so much of what’s passed through my history. Surprising, at times, is what I remember. Poems I wrote years ago can stick like a pop song if their backdrop, as I wrote, was sharp and strong. For something like a decade I was part of a writing group,…
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Legitimacy and community in writer-land
My last status report here was as the #5amWritersClub virtual retreat was starting: Unforgettable Characters and Incredible Journeys. The retreat blew me away, and it’s taken me all this time to find myself back on shore. Exactly as I expected, it helped me see my novel-in-progress from new perspectives. It…
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It’s a Novel Writing Marathon – And You’re Invited!
The 2021 virtual Muskoka Novel Marathon sounds amazing. Read more, including how to register, in Kevin Craig’s post.
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Corners
#5amWritersClub Virtual Retreat—Weekly Writing Prompt—‘Corners’ Your main character has painted themself into a corner. What does the corner look like? Is it a plot corner where they take a risk by moving in any direction? Is it an emotional corner where they take an internal risk? Is it both? How…
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Falling through my fingers
Moments fall through my fingers, grains blown in the wind of turning planets. This is all I have, this square of grass, this pinprick of time. A heartbeat. A flashing thought. And so I dry my eyes, and start again. ~~~
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Poems from novels-in-progress
Every #novel starts with a kernel of #poetry. Journal notes for novels-in-progress include poetry #wips.
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like a prayer
Originally posted on Writing Spaces: Make it like a prayer that first step onto fresh snow. In this small, quiet moment you have not yet invented yourself. ~~~
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