Category: All #Writing
Nebraska
- Deanna
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One of the things I love about the National Writing Project’s Write Across America is meeting new people and learning about places I have never been and I loved the writing that our stop in Nebraska inspired. I wrote about glaciers, rivers, and cranes. What writing inspiration can you discover in Nebraska? Check out some…
Read MoreHawaii
- Deanna
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What are the purpose of legends? What are their impact on your life? Those are some of the ideas I explored during the first stop of the National Writing Project’s 2023 Write Across America in Hawaii. This magical visit is still inspiring me to write (you can sign up here for 2023). After offering a…
Read MoreFire and Darkness
- Deanna
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What should you burn (or sell), but haven’t yet? How do you define marriage? What do you call out in the dark? For our last week together before we embark on the 2023 Write Across America virtual marathon, we enjoyed one last round of poems we hope to work into after poems (one form of…
Read MoreGenerations
- Deanna
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What is worth keeping? What is worth passing on? Those are some of the questions stirred up by today’s collected poems. I haven’t decided yet if the poem I post to LexPoMo today will be fresh as the dew or one of the poems I hoarded just to share this month. I also have many…
Read MoreTruth
- Deanna
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This morning I sat down to write a poem for Lexington Poetry Month, and I did, but not the poem I intended to write and that feels like truth as well as joy. I did carve my poem out of an old journal entry inspired by the Morehead Writing Project’s 2023 Small Poems, Great Writers…
Read MoreHoneysuckle
- Deanna
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There are many things to love about #LexPoMo, but one of the best things is how diving into my morning’s poetry tasting always inspires me to write. One of the things that is the most frustrating is the sheer volume and pace of poetry added to our collection. This morning, the third morning, we are…
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