By Elizabeth Enslin on April 19, 2010
‘m sad that I’m not participating in the poem-a-day madness of National Poetry Month. That’s what pulled me into a poetry last year. I hoped to discover new ways to bring music and imagery into my prose, never thinking I’d fall in love with writing and reading poetry itself (something I’d always avoided)….
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Posted in Poetry, Publication, Recent, Writing Process | Tagged creative nonfiction, literary nonfiction, memoir, Poetry, wordplay |
By Elizabeth Enslin on March 11, 2010
The High Desert Journal has accepted another poem of mine, this time for Issue 11 of their print journal, due out in April. Although it doesn’t focus exclusively on cows, my sestina, “Now That I’ve Moved Inland,” does feature them in every stanza….
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Posted in Poetry, Recent | Tagged cows, Humor, Poetry |
By Elizabeth Enslin on March 9, 2010
I had my first poem published in January and am proud to announce that another poem, “What the Photo Shows,” has been accepted for publication….
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Posted in Poetry, Publication, Recent | Tagged maturity, motherhood, nature writing, parenting, Poetry |
By Elizabeth Enslin on January 8, 2010
I’m honored that my first poem ever to be published — “In the Flat Field” — is in The High Desert Journal. It’s a fabulous regional publication that showcases writing rooted in the Interior West of North America….
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Posted in Poetry, Publication, Recent, Species Humor | Tagged cow poetry, cows, Homesteading, nature writing, Poetry |
By Elizabeth Enslin on November 25, 2009
Unlike my stepfather and his clan, numerous cousins, the son I spawned, and many friends; I don’t usually look at wild animals and think: meat. Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo), indigenous to North America, have become a recent exception….
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Posted in Humor, Poetry, Politics and History, Seasons and Rituals, Species of the Week | Tagged food, holidays, Thanksgiving, wild, wordplay |
By Elizabeth Enslin on November 19, 2009
It’s wordle time again at Read Write Poem. This month’s prompt delivered a collection of words beginning with “P”….
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Posted in Poetry, Recent | Tagged books, nostalgia, Poetry, wordplay |
By Elizabeth Enslin on October 22, 2009
A poem randomly assembled from words taken from the submission guidelines of literary journals. Written in response to Read Write Poem’s “Get Your Poem On #97.”
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Posted in Poetry, Recent | Tagged play, Poetry |
By Elizabeth Enslin on October 15, 2009
A wordle-inspired poem that also muses on climate change for Blog Action Day.
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Posted in Poetry, Recent | Tagged climate change, patience, photography, Poetry, rhythm |
By Elizabeth Enslin on September 17, 2009
That morning,
in the clover of my garden,
I find a poisonous snake
curled in slumber….
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Posted in Poetry, Recent | Tagged amphibians, childhood, tarantulas, wild |
By Elizabeth Enslin on August 20, 2009
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Posted in Poetry, Yurt Living | Tagged Homesteading, Poetry, solar energy, wordplay, yurt |
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