Category: All #Writing
Make A List
It is true. Your grocery list can be a poem. Anything you write can be a poem. List poems are both the simplest poetry form and the most challenging because writing lists asks the question when does an assembly of words become a poem. I don’t honestly know the answer to that question, but I…
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For Camp
Sandals Sneakers Socks Boxers $20 for Canteen Shorts Sweatpants T-shirts Hoodie Bible for study and leadership Rain poncho Toothbrush Toothpaste Comb Ukulele for musical interludes Shampoo Soap Sunscreen Sheets Playing cards for rest period Pillow Blanket Towels Swimsuit Benedryl for allergies
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Writing Walkabout
Australian Aborigines embark on a Walkabout that is a spiritual journey and/or rite of passage – a journey of self-discovery and transformation. In the National Writing Project we treat the walkabout in much the same way. Writing walkabouts are a regular part of our events in an effort to free our inner writer. The walkabout makes a wonderful…
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Solve for X
This prompt is inspired by Oliver de la Paz poem “Solve for X” which has inspired a great deal of thought and writing for me of late. de la Paz notes: ‘Solve for X’ is part of a sequence of poems about my son who’s on the autistic spectrum. I’ve been attempting to understand the way…
Read MoreFresh Earth
Study this picture and then write about whatever comes to mind. When I encountered this newly plowed field this morning I was struck by all the possible responses evoked by the sight. What potential do you see here? Now look at this close up. Study the tractor’s tire tracks…the overturned earth…the chopped sections of grass.…
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The Last Straw
You are the last straw the final stroke the crack in the dike the match to the powder Image from Flickr
Read MoreWhere Is Your Writing From?
Monday when rock star teacher Brandie Trent led the Morehead Writing Project‘s Spring 2017 Teen Writers Day Out I was inspired by a prompt that she threw out to us. She asked us to consider where our writing is from. This prompt was an alternative to those of us who have already written about our…
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Self-Healing With Writing Therapy
Life is hard and sometimes it really knocks us down. Hard. So hard we can’t get up. We can’t crawl. All we can do is curl into the fetal position and cry. Sometimes we are so exhausted and beaten we can’t even cry. For some people it is one big thing, one traumatic event or…
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My #OLW for 2017 is Light
I have chosen Light as my One Little Word for 2017 because this word is comforting and inspirational. Light has so many different meanings that I immediately felt better for thinking about this choice. I have so many fears about 2017 that I need something to give me hope and inspiration. That is the beauty…
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Heart Maps and #OLW
We are on the cusp of a New Year and everywhere there are signs of people setting New Year resolutions. Gym memberships. Diets. Donations to Goodwill. All these are admirable, but for many people the resolution becomes just another cause for angst. Frankly, I don’t need that kind of pressure in my life, thank you…
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Writers Must Write
If you want to be a writer then you must write. If you want to be a better writer then you must write. If you want to be a more successful writer then you must write. That is the one simple incontrovertible truth of writing. Writers must write. Writing is a habit that must be…
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