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March Poetry Fishbowl is now open!
The March Poetry Fishbowl is now open. Today's theme is "elements & elemental spirits." Please drop by and give me prompts to write poems. There will be free poetry for folks to read, too. You're welcome to share this news with anyone who might be interested. -
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Title: Introductory Post and Poem: Intimate
Author: evilkate, aka Kate Sylvia
Genre: Contemporary Poetry
Rating: G - General
Warnings: None
Critique: Yes Please - and do be critically honest :)
Summary: Is a 20-something line poem really long enough for a summary? :P
Authors note: None
Hi,
I'm Kate. I'm also new here and look forward to reading many of you ( Read more... ) -
Honesty
I hope I haven't posted too often on here ( Read more... ) -
poem
my room is muffled like a blanket
a fixed hour neither forward nor back
my girlfriend detests the tight-rope walker
his infantile dream of endangering himself
the night gathers his back
to the fire a moonlit cape
between my ears is silence
the mysteries scrawled like iridescent wings
the tight-rope walker takes a step
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Goals for 2009
So far, I've tallied my accomplishments from 2008 in terms of goals and writing/editing projects. Now I'm thinking ahead.
Here are some of my goals for 2008:
- Find new agent to replace the one that resigned from the agency.
- Place one new book-length project on the market, either by writing a book proposal or by writing a complete book ( Read more... )
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My Work in EMG-Zine
Check out the November issue of EMG-Zine to see my article "Xenolinguistics: Making It Up As You Go Along" and my poem "The String of Beads" complete with art tutorial by ellenmillion -
Dreams Askance
Here's a poem. I can't remember if I ever posted it here or not.
Down from dreams askance
Like flags whapping in wind
He twists like
Backwards voodoo English
To alight, as a clumsy bird
Might
Atop a square of pale sun
Awakeness the gun
That says
On Your Feet
Again.
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Poetry Fishbowl on My Blog Today
Starting now, the Poetry Fishbowl is open in my blog. I will be checking the page periodically throughout the day. When people make suggestions, I'll pick some and weave them together into a poem ... and then another ... and so on. I'm hoping to get a lot of ideas and a lot of poems ( Read more... ) -
Poetry Fishbowl on Tuesday, July 8
Writing is usually considered a solitary pursuit. One exception to this is a fascinating exercise called a "fishbowl." This has various forms, but all of them basically involve some kind of writing in public, usually with interaction between author and audience. A famous example is Harlan Ellison's series of "stories under glass" in which he sits ( Read more... ) -
Poetry Fishbowl on Wednesday June 11
Writing is usually considered a solitary pursuit. One exception to this is a fascinating exercise called a "fishbowl." This has various forms, but all of them basically involve some kind of writing in public, usually with interaction between author and audience. A famous example is Harlan Ellison's series of "stories under glass" in which he sits ( Read more... )