Download a FREE copy of the Artella eBook, Writing the Carousel: Going Full Circle in Colorful Poetry Writing!, which presents a progression of exercises that will help you uncover the surprising “turns” of phrases that make poetry effective, and then come full circle by using them in bold, colorful ways.Download your copy here!
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The smell of ink is intoxicating to me – others may have wine, but I have poetry. ~Abbe Yeux-verdi
I just received my copy of Writing the Life Poetic, An Invitation to Read & Write Poetry yesterday.
It is a beautiful book written by poet Sage Cohen and illustrated by Gregoire Vion. I think the subtitle really captures what the book is about. Sage is inviting all writers to experience poetry and play with words and language.
In 258 pages and 80 short chapters Sage encompasses craft, form, voice, revision, shape, motivation, getting your work out, poetry contests, mixed media, blogging as a poet, poetry and writing groups, readings, and much more.The book includes many poetic and creative writing prompts/lessons, examples of poetry from familiar to new-to-me poets and stories of Sage’s journey as a poet. But most of all it contains inspiration. Each chapter seamlessly leads to the next. With a warm, inviting conversational tone this writing reference book is one I will pick up again and again when I’m feeling the “why do I want to write poetry feeling?” On the back cover of the book Sage invites all readers to “join the conversation” at her book blog.
I want to gift this book to all of my creative writing friends whether they consider themselves poets or not.
Lovingly,
The Poetry Nag
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Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away. ~Carl Sandburg, Poetry Considered
Celebrate National Poetry Month.
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I just received this book on a recommendation from my adviser last semester, the book is an epic poem written on December 22, 1978 in Lenox, Massachusetts about one day. Broken into six parts, as Alice Notley wrote “Midwinter Day,” “is an epic poem about a daily routine.”
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