Category Archives: Books
New Poetry Journal
When I returned from Chicago, I finished my poetry journal.
A Hundred Poems
Reading a short story a day took a short vacation. It’s not a habit yet, but it’s one I would like to have. I’ll keep trying. Whenever I write poems, I write down the numbers and keep track of how many I write. I’ve done this since 2010. In 2010 I wrote 254 poems, and …
Prompt–Monday, February 20
A friend of mine gave me a copy of “The Ms of M Y Kin” by Janet Holmes, which is a book of cross-out poems from some of Emily Dickinson’s poetry. A cross-out poem is, by my definition (since I couldn’t find a definition in either of my poetry dictionaries), a poem created by blocking out or …
Poetry Project, Short Story a Day
The Poetry Project is over as of today. I learned a lot by mining the bracelets “I love you” and “I know” every day for two weeks. Though I am surprised it took a week for fear and logic to enter the poems. The project was a success because there are some poems I would …
Lily Blooms and All
The lily bloomed. I made sourdough. And crocheted a wine bottle cozy–my first ever. With less than a week left for the poetry project, I’ve been able to write a poem a day about the bracelets. It has been an interesting project to work on every day. I think my next two-week poem-a-day project will be about hands. I …
Prompt–Sunday, February 12
I finished reading “Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence” by Nick Bantock. It is a novel in letters. One of the lines that caught my attention was in one of Griffin’s letter: “Art for art’s sake is best quarantined here in the old world. I crave an art that passionately transcends the mundane instead of being a …
Grendel–John Gardner
For my contemporary fiction class we read “Grendel” by John Gardner. What strikes me most about the novel is the language and why we tell stories. Some of my favorite lines: “Stars, spattered out through lifeless night from end to end, like jewels scattered in a dead king’s grave, tease, torment my wits toward meaningful …
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Yesterday I saw the film “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” based on the book by Jonathan Safran Foer. I read the book two years ago for class. The experimental nature of it with the addition of photographs and other elements enhanced the story for me. It became one of the novels I’ve recommended others to …
Prompt–Monday, January 23
The novel “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” by Jonathan Safran Foer uses photographs to accompany the story. Pick a project you’ve been working on and make a list of at least photographs or pictures or art that would enhance the story you’re trying to tell. For my April Novel: magnolia tree phoenix museum painting stars …
Suzanna and Writing 