LONG POEMS

I generally don't write very long poems. Most are one or two stanzas. I am currently writing one that is at least six stanzas. I wonder if this is a move toward writing more prose?  

FAMOUS WRITERS FROM PENNSYLVANIA

David Bradley

Katie Fallon 

Gordon Henry

Tonya Hurley

Joyce Angela Jellison

Ruth Ellen Kocher

Bruce Larkin

James A. Michener

Dean Young (1955-2022)

WORDS OF WISDOM

Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as aa meditation, it's the same thing. What's important is you're having a relationship with your mind.

~Natalie Goldberg

POETRY

 I have been writing poems of late. 

WORDS OF WISDOM

I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading.

~ Charles Kuralt, Journalist (1934-1997)

FAMOUS WRITERS FROM OREGON

Jarmine Ash

Tanya Barfield

Darcelle XV

Olive de la Paz

Heidi W. Durrow

Matt Groening

April Henry

Dean Ing (1931-2020)

Mitchell S. Jackson

Joel Redone (1961-1995)

VALENTINE

 

WORDS OF WISDOM

What can't be said can be written. Because writing is a silent act, a labor from the head to the hand.

~Herta Muller 

BECOMING

I find placing myself in arenas totally foreign to me to be a thrilling experience. I imagine myself a heroine, or a queen, or hiking alone in the mountains.  There may be the idea that an author should be detached from the piece he/she is writing. I don't find that to be true. I will never be a queen but surely can imagine it. Hiking in the mountains is a real possibility. 

An author cannot be afraid of discovering unknown revelations in his/her life that were hidden. It can make a written piece come alive. At the same time it can create a bridge to one can cross while on their life journey. The past few years I have broken down my own barriers as to what I desire to write-and deep seated feelings of who I am. 

FAMOUS WRITERS FROM OKLAHOMA

Rilla Askew

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

John Berryman (1914-1972)

Todd Downing (1902-1974)

Ralph Ellison (1913-1994)

Zoe Ferrasis

Joe Halderman

Joy Harjo

John Lee

Ron Padgett

WORDS OF WISDOM

 Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions.

~James Roux, Clergyman (1834-1905)

FAMOUS WRITERS FROM OHIO

Louis K. Anspacher (1878-1947)

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

Louis Bromfield (1696-1756)

Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)

Hart Crane (1899-1932)

Jennifer Cruse

Rita Dove

Zane Grey (1872-1939)

Mary Oliver (1935-2019)

R. L. Stine

POETRY IT IS

 Right now I'm in a poem writing faze.