And it's even better to have wonderful writers to inspire you. Click here to read this week's creation, with gratitude to the Seattle writing group of Treg, Heidi, and Nancy. Here's how it starts: It’s good to have tradition It’s good to have tradition She said to herself through gritted teeth As she pulled the … Continue reading Project Create 2012 Week Two: It’s good to have tradition
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On Having No Voice
Here's a silly little poem inspired by my current lack of vocal capacity, brought on by either allergies, a cold, exposure to construction dust, or some infernal combination of them all. On Having No Voice How many times do we say We don’t know what to say The words simply don’t appear How many … Continue reading On Having No Voice
Panic attack
A year ago, I was preparing to leave on an adventure - two months working in central Europe. I've been thinking about that a lot, because this month I'm preparing for another adventure - only this time I'll be traveling to a new version of myself, as a teacher and writer. Guess which journey is scarier? … Continue reading Panic attack
Here’s a good poet. Seriously.
I am not big on contemporary poetry - here's an exception. It mentions animal sweatshirts, but it is not, like many contemporary poems, an ode to the adorable-ness of a cat, nor does it invite us to know waaay too much about the poet's inner angst, like many other contemporary poems. Instead, it's funny. It … Continue reading Here’s a good poet. Seriously.
I’m not a poet
In honor of National Poetry Month, here's a poem I wrote in a Hugo House class a little over a year ago. (I told you, I'm not a poet.) This is a forwards-backwards poem - you can pick which you like best. Her hand moves across the page, abandoning the words as she writes them. … Continue reading I’m not a poet
Elizabeth Fountain, Author 