Today ends my 10-day commitment to post a poem a day. It’s also the end of April, last day of National Poetry Month in 2009. I’ve posted new poems at my creative writing blog, Telling Stories. Starting with the introduction, I managed to get a poem a day up there.It’s been a lot of fun. [...]
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4 benefits of poetry
Posted 30 April 2009 by Shari SmothersTagged As: benefits of poetry, National Poetry Month 2009 | Categories: Poetry | Leave a Comment
national poetry month 2009
Posted 22 April 2009 by Shari SmothersTagged As: National Poetry Month 2009, self-promotion | Categories: Poetry | Leave a Comment
Poetry can enhance understanding of life’s moments. It tells a story and gets you to another level of experiencing the world. And April is the month when poetry lovers explore ways to push poetry into the literary mainstream. I like the idea so I participate in my own small way on my blog, Telling Stories. [...]
poetry on demand
Posted 29 April 2008 by Shari SmothersTagged As: command poetry, journaling, Poetry | Categories: Poetry | Leave a Comment
When It Must Be Done Why not just wait for the muse to to bowl me over? Sometimes, when a poem is requested I have to do a little work, especially when it’s on a topic that requires me to stretch myself. My muse is usually present, but I’ll need to clear the way so [...]
chasing the poem
Posted 21 April 2008 by Shari SmothersTagged As: National Poetry Month 2008, Poetry, writing poetry | Categories: Poetry | 4 Comments
Capturing Ideas to Write By National Poetry Month is coming to a close. And I was thinking about poetry and finding verses in my head. One thing led to another and I landed on the randomness of thoughts, how it seemed like there was no catching up to them. You know those ideas that just [...]
