Friday, January 17, 2025
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
OBSCURE POET
TRUMBULL STICKNEY
Promising poet who died young.
Born in Geneva, Switzerland on June 20, 1874
Struggling to reconcile his academic and literary passions
First American to win the Doctorat es Letters from the Sorbonne
Died October 11, 1904 from a brain tumor
POEM
The Passions that Fought with and Subdued
The passions that we fought with and subdued
Never quite die. In some maimed serpent's coil
They lurk, ready to spring and vindicate
That power was once our torture and our lord.
WORDS OF WISDOM
Writing crystallizes thought and thought produces action.
~Paul J. Meyer, Businessman
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Monday, January 13, 2025
Friday, January 10, 2025
Thursday, January 09, 2025
Wednesday, January 08, 2025
WORDS OF WISDOM
The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
~Gustave Flaubert, Novelist (1821-1880)
GOALS
I have three goals, thus far, for 2025. The first is to increase my reading. I fell behind last year because of other stuff.
The second is to complete a chapbook of poems and get it published.
The third is to attend and read at poetry venues. Haven't done it in several years.
Tuesday, January 07, 2025
Monday, January 06, 2025
Saturday, January 04, 2025
Friday, January 03, 2025
Thursday, January 02, 2025
INTRODUCTIONS TO UNIQUE WRITERS
These two books introduced me two authors with their own distinct style. The first book introduced me to the spontaneous writing style of Jack Kerouac. Romeo and Juliet helped navigate the high style English of Shakespeare's era. I have read seven of Kerouac's books and thirteen by Shakespeare.
At first, it was difficult for me. Eventually I gained a better comprehension of their style of writing. While I got to understand who Kerouac was as a person, Shakespeare was difficult. He's the only person that the more I read about him the less I knew about him as a person. Maybe it was meant to be.
Wednesday, January 01, 2025
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