By Elizabeth Enslin on April 30, 2009
This is the last day of National Poetry Writing Month and the last day of the challenge I stumbled onto thirty days ago to write a poem a day. I had studied poetry here and there but had rarely written it, so leaping in this way has been exhilarating and a bit surreal. I’m eager
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By Elizabeth Enslin on April 29, 2009
After yesterday’s sestina misadventure, I need a break from words. So this penultimate NaPoWriMo offering is very short. It does riff off the prompt at Read Write Poem (“I don’t think I can…”) and at Poetic Asides “(Never…”) and, although very silly (and probably not true), it does truly capture something in my mood today.
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By Elizabeth Enslin on April 28, 2009
Poetic Asides spurred me to attempt another sestina (and so there went another day to poetry). I also incorporated a bit of red as prompted by Read Write Poem. Since it’s World Frog Day (sponsored by Save The Frogs!), I wrote this on frogs (building on the poem I started with random words yesterday). I’m
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By Elizabeth Enslin on April 27, 2009
In grade school, I used to love those assignments where the teacher gave us ten vocabulary words and said we had to use all of them in a story. Those were good times, and I’ve already tried to revive them here in prose and poetry. Today, the NaPoWriMo prompt at Read Write Poem invited us
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By Elizabeth Enslin on April 26, 2009
The NaPoWriMo prompt at Read Write Poem asked us to ponder metaphysics, while the one at Poetic Asides asked for some reflection on miscommunication. This seemed like a good time to try a fibonacci poem. The words I had only filled out a shorter sequence at the end. I decided I liked it that way.
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By Elizabeth Enslin on April 25, 2009
I wrote (or rather, pirated) this for the “How-To” prompt at Read Write Poem with inspiration from Geoffrey K. Pullum’s recent essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education. _______________________________________________ Master the Art of Writer’s Block With Strunk and White Avoid a succession of loose sentences. Use definite, specific, concrete language, place yourself in the background
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By Elizabeth Enslin on April 24, 2009
Thanks to Sam Proof at Dash 30 Dash for featuring my poem, “Packing,” and selecting me to be one of the Poets of the Day for Day 8 of National Poetry Writing Month. It’s a great honor to be among the other fine writers there.
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By Elizabeth Enslin on April 24, 2009
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By Elizabeth Enslin on April 23, 2009
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By Elizabeth Enslin on April 22, 2009
The NaPoWriMo prompt at Read Write Poem asked us to open a few different poetry books, choose some lines and work them into a poem. I selected lines ( in italics) from the works of Mary Oliver, Rainier Maria Rilke, Pablo Neruda, Paulann Petersen, and Sharon Olds (more detailed citations below). This piece is also
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