Tuesday, December 31, 2024

SYLVIA PLATH-COMPLEX AND COMPELLING

 


I have read part of the above book that I will finish. Ms. Plath is one of my favorite poets: poignant, complex, and compelling. I'm drawn to such people because it says to me that people don't always fit into the box society says that they are supposed to be. 

When I first read Ms. Plath's poems, it was confusing, going through a maze. when I read her biography, I gained a clearer understanding of her mindset. Reading her journals, I see a woman who is brilliant and self-sabotaging; poignant, yet angry. I'm not sure if she knew who she was, yet her life journey took her to places that I cannot comprehend. 

  

POEM

 


NEW WORD

 


Saturday, December 21, 2024

OBSCURE POET

 


OLIVIA WARD BUSH-BANKS (1869-1944)

Author, Poet, Journalist, Historian

Black, Montuakette Native American heritage

Served as Montaukette tribe historian

Pub)ished first book of poetry, zO=ibinal Poems, in 1899

Driftwood, second book of poems, published in 1914

NEW WORD

 


WINTER HAS ARRIVED

 


Sunday, December 15, 2024

OBSCURE POET

 


Samuel Greenberg (1893-1917)

Poet, visual artist 🎨 


Poems by Samuel Greenberg are his fullest collection 

Tuesday, December 03, 2024

NEW WORD

 


POETS/AUTHORS BORN IN DECEMBER

Jane Austen (1775-1817)

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

Shirley Jackson (1916-1965)

Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918)

Brian Lumley (1937-2024)

John Milton (1608-1674)

Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972)

Rainier Maria Rilke (1875-1926)

Delmoree Schwartz (1913-1966)

Monday, December 02, 2024

A STORY TO NOVELLA OR TRILOGY?

I wrote a story about a former college star athlete who became a star in adult movies. I thought it would just be one story. Over time I have the protagonist evolving. From athlete to movie star to teacher to now a recluse. 

I'm sure many writers have followed this path. Trilogies come from this vein. So do serial novels (just thought of Jacqueline Susann's novels). I don't know if a trilogy of 'Trey Morgan' will come from my efforts. Maybe a novella or short stories. 

Seems that when I believe I'm finished with Trey, another idea comes up. He is complicated person; gifted, talented,  quiet, unassuming, a loner. He's quirky, has a penchant for having unusual friends, and lives a eonted life. I'm still developing the story.

NEW WORD

 


Wednesday, November 27, 2024

NEW WORD

 


WORDS OF WISDOM

Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.


~N. Scott Momaday, Author

Friday, November 22, 2024

AUTHORS WHO DIED ON NOVEMBER 22nd

Though overshadowed by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, three notable authors passed away on the same day.

Aldous Huxley

C. S. Lewis

William Titterton


Other authors who died on this date:

Bernardus Bosch- 1803

Anthony Burgess- 1993

Bryce Cortenay- 2012

Jack London- 1916


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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

WORDS OF WISDOM

Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, you readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, your heart, your soul. 


~Meg Rosoff, Writer

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Monday, November 18, 2024

SAME SOUND, DIFFERENT MEANING

 

WANT

Have a desire to possess onto (something)

noun- A lack or deficient of 


WONT

One's customary behavior in a particular situation

In the the habit of doing something; accustomed

Make or be or become accustomed 

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

NEW WORD

 


WRITING ANYWHERE


One of my favorite places to write is in a coffee shop. I see all kinds of people enter to get their java, tea, or a sweet treat. If one of them piques my interest, I will scribble down a description of him or her. What they are wearing, their voice and mannerisms, and their physical features. 

I have sat in coffee shops for a few hours writing and taking in all the activity swirling around me. I remember visiting a Starbucks and stared at a collage of famous writers in the same space writing, drinking a beverage, smoking, and talking. I saw myself in that picture. I would dearly love to sit in a coffee shop with like-minded people sharing ideas and critiques.
 

OBSCURE POET

 


ADA LIMON     (b. March 28, 1976)

Named 24th Poet Laureate by Library of Congress

First Latina to be Poet Laureate

1st book Luck Wreck won Autumn House Poetry Prize- 2005


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