WORDS OF WISDOM

 The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.

~David Bailey

NEW WORD

 

YOUR CIVIC DUTY

 

NEW WORD

 

SAME SOUND, DIFFERENT MEANING

MALL- a large building or series of connected buildings containing a variety of retail stores and restaurants.

MAUL- noun> a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges

              verb>  beat, bruise, mangle

POETRY STAPLE ON LOWER EAST SIDE

 

Founded in 2002 by Bob Holman

Came to the Bowery when it was still "skid row." 

Located at 306 Bowery, New York City

A meeting place for poets and aspiring artists

Also a place for the arts, spoken word, slam poetry, burlesque, hip-hop, experimental theatre, performance arts, and live music.

NEW WORD

 

POETS/AUTHORS BORN IN NOVEMBER

James Agee (1909-1955)

Celia Liset Alvarez

Margaret Atwood

William Blake (1757-1827)

Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770)

Stephen Crane (1871-1900)

Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931)

Marianne Moore (1887-1972)

Sharon Olds

Bram Stoker (1847-1912)

BE THANKFUL

 

NEW WORD

 

HALLOWEEN

 

ARTS SHOULD BE ORIGINAL AND DECORPORATIZED

The arts are part of who we are. We can create wonderful works with imagination and perseverance. New York was once a mecca for experimental arts and performances. It may be me but much of modern works are the same. The corporatization of the arts has rendered it staid. 

Yes, there is creativity out there. Are the writers and artists and performers allowed to express it. I am a poet myself and I strive to be original. Originality is what makes the arts thrive. I love to see children perform because they bring energy and freshness. They are not inhibited by societal pressures to be put into a box. 

 More arts spaces are needed more than ever. It somewhere we can create and experiment. We can be like butterflies displaying beauty to the world. I pray that the arts will go back to this.

NEW WORD

 

WORDS OF WISDOM

To hone my voice, I read everything, from books to cereals boxes, three times: once for fun, the second time to learn something new about the writing craft, and the third time was to improve that piece. 

~Amanda Gorman, Poet

NEW WORD

 

CREATIVE PERIODS

I have periods when I write only poetry. Then there are times it is just stories. Another time I just wrote outlines. Probably every writer goes through this.