I was journaling but felt like it could add up to more. I made notes about what I read, but didn’t fully flesh out what I’d learned. It was like leaving bread crumbs for myself. When I looked back over…
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Poetry, Prose, and Other Good Stuff Posts
Often we think of poetry as focused on expressing the emotions and experiences of our individual lives, immediately, intensely, distilled to the essence of the experience we recall. Poetry can do that. But it can do other things as well.…
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…