3 Questions and a Poem–in which one of my favorite poets is interviewed and shares a poem. QUESTION 1 What do you consider the three most important elements of a poem? Imagery, sound/music, and syntax are, at this moment in time, my picks for most important elements. If you were to ask me again next…
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Diana Rosen ~ 3 Questions & a Poem
3 Questions and a Poem–in which one of my favorite poets is interviewed and shares a poem. QUESTION 1 What do you consider the three most important elements of a poem? Imagery Music Word choices that enchant. The poem’s ending should be either unexpected or a delightful detour. Or, as Stanley Kunitz said, “End with…
Crystal Wilkinson ~ Three Questions & a Cover
A short interview wherein my guest, one of my favorite authors, answers three questions about the writing life. Question 1 What’s your Go-To source when you need inspiration? I always look to family stories and the natural world when I need inspiration in regard to writing. Other inspiration comes in the form of poetry. I…
Erica Goss ~ 3 Questions & a Poem
3 Questions and a Poem–in which one of my favorite poets is interviewed and shares a poem. QUESTION 1 What do you consider the three most important elements of a poem? Weirdness, honesty, and feeling. For me, good poetry has some of the qualities of a dream. Using the activities and experiences that make up…
b.read.crumbs: Julie Wray Herman
National Poetry Month This month’s b.read.crumbs post by Julie Herman, which you may find in the original on her website. Which some of us have taken to mean NaPoWriMo, or let’s try a poem day. I got this idea first from Liz Garton Scanlon, (see her lovely website here) Liz has been doing a haiku a…
b.read.crumbs : Poeting
Back in December 2021, I noticed that it was Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day. That’s charming, don’t you think? So I whipped out an email to a few of my Whovian friends (including Julie Herman) with that holiday as the subject. The message is long gone from my Sent folder, but it went…
Deborah Bogen ~ 3 Questions & a Poem
Deborah Bogen is one of my all-time favorite poets, and I’m thrilled to have her as my guest for 3 Questions & a Poem. QUESTION 1 What do you consider the three most important elements of a poem? Looking up “elements” I’m going to go with the “basics, fundamentals, essentials” part of its many definitions….
Rita Sims Quillen ~ 3 Questions & a Poem
National Poetry Month is here! And the magnificent poet Rita Sims Quillen is my first guest for 3 Questions & a Poem. QUESTION 1 What do you consider the three most important elements of a poem? Sound, Sense, and Surprise: A poem is not just prose broken up; it has to have an elevated sound…
b.read.crumbs: Soaring
My partner in b.read.crumbs, Julie Herman, thought our topic for February should be short poems, since February is a short month. She kicked it off with her post a couple of weeks ago, in which she wrote about haiku. Julie loves her some haiku. Me? I love to read haiku, ponder haiku, and drift along…
Erasure poetry
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