Collaborating with the Muses to inspire, create, and illuminate
By Crystal Hurd This month, we have been asked to share four of our favorite poets. Poetry has become increasingly important to me since I began my Creative Writing degree last fall. This semester, I have taken a Poetics class which has taught me about the tension/progression of verse, the wrestle of white space, the …
On January 1, Doug pointed out to us that we had just been presented with 365 ‘unwritten squares of opportunity.’ I don’t think it matters all that much whether we take those squares to be blocks on our calendars, blank pages in our notebooks or photo albums, or leaves in the ‘book of our lives.’ …
“The Unconditioned Air”: Poetry and the Practice of Affection By Andrew Lazo In his poem “How to be a Poet,” Wendell Berry frames up all kinds of emptiness, and before he finishes, I find what he describes looks a lot like a primer not only on how to be a poet, but also on how …
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How To Be A Poet by Wendell Berry (to remind myself) i Make a place to sit down. Sit down. Be quiet. You must depend upon affection, reading, knowledge, skill – more of each than you have – inspiration, work, growing older, patience, for patience joins time to eternity. Any readers who like your poems, …
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Rebekah Choat reflects upon "How to be a Poet" How To Be A Poet by Wendell Berry (to remind myself) i Make a place to sit down. Sit down. Be quiet. You must depend upon affection, reading, knowledge, skill – more of each than you have – inspiration, work, growing older, patience, for patience joins …
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