Calling all budding poets, musicians, and lyricists! Our National Poetry Month lyric-writing contest is coming to a close next Wednesday - have you submitted your entry yet? If you're a poetry writer, you can be a lyricist. Take a look at your inventory of poems (even fiction or creative nonfiction). What lines stand out? What... Continue Reading →
Creative Writing Prompt #23 The Dog Ate My Poetry We've all told little white lies to get out of something, to avoid hurting someone's feelings, or to save our own butt. Today, write a poem made up entirely of excuses. This can be a list-like poem. But the title should be leading, an allusion to... Continue Reading →
Okay, Twilight fans ... the all-new Eclipse trailer is now online! Check it out below & tell us what you think in the comments: (If the above video doesn't work, try this link.) For the comments: Tell us what you think!!
Okay, Twilight fans ... the all-new Eclipse trailer is now online! Check it out below & tell us what you think in the comments: (If the above video doesn't work, try this link.) For the comments: Tell us what you think!!
Calling all poets, budding poets, dabblers in verse! This is your last reminder to enter the Novel Novice Poetry Contest. All submissions are due to libby.novelnovice@live.com by 5pm on Tuesday, April 27. Use this last weekend of the month to get outside and draw in inspiration from nature, or stay inside and write about why... Continue Reading →
As National Poetry Month continues, we have a new desktop wallpaper for you today featuring this week’s featured poet Allen Ginsberg and his famous poem, "Howl." Click to view full-size, then right-click to save:
As National Poetry Month continues, we have a new desktop wallpaper for you today featuring this week’s featured poet Allen Ginsberg and his famous poem, "Howl." Click to view full-size, then right-click to save:
We celebrated the first two weeks of National Poetry Month by featuring the well-known poets T.S. Eliot and Sylvia Plath. This week, we honed in on Allen Ginsberg. Here's a quick wrap-up of everything Ginsberg: Featured Poet: Allen Ginsberg Featured Collection: Selected Poems: 1947-1995 Featured Poem: "A Supermarket in California" Creative Writing Prompt: Ginsberg's Ends... Continue Reading →
Publishers Weekly just released its top books of 2009 and, even though she didn't actually release any new books in 2009, Stephenie Meyer was STILL on top, selling roughly 26.5 million copies (and that doesn't even include The Host.) The other big winner was Jeff Kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, which sold... Continue Reading →
Creative Writing Prompt #22 Who? What? Where? Why? Write a poem composed entirely of directions. "Directions" can be broadly interpreted to mean anything from Mapquest directions to a recipe, a class project description or how to put together a piece of furniture. Don't take this too literally. How can you explore the various possibilities of... Continue Reading →
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