Lots of folks dismiss poetry out of hand. Obscure. Dense. Old-fashioned and boring. Poetry truly does have a poor public image. Unfortunately, Poetry has done a lot to earn that image, aided by schools and academics that try to instill…
Have you ever noticed that a small detail triggers a memory or seemingly unrelated subject? Memories appear roughly 400 milliseconds after the triggering exposure, according to research reported on the Cognitive Neuroscience Society’s blog. This research aims to shed…
OK, I am not thrilled with all the cover-title options for the ebook I am publishing. I originally had three possible titles. I eliminated the first title, suggested by other poets, because I felt it would mislead readers. That left two…
As a result of Chuck Wendig’s challenge: Flash Poem You said use the sentence and I thought I saw a sentence once but never heard it because it censored itself and you said a thousand words but I heard use…
I’m thinking about ambiguity in language and I blame credit Grammar Girl, and her podcast on crash blossoms http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/fun-with-crash-blossoms based on text by Gretchen McCullough of All Things Linguistic http://allthingslinguistic.com. Crash blossoms can be funny or disturbing, but what they have in common…