NEW WORD

OENOPHILE  n.

A connoisseur of wines

WRITERS/POETS BORN IN APRIL

Hans Christian Andersen

Maya Angelou

Samuel Beckett

Charlotte Bronte

Tom Clancy

Annie Dillard

Louise Gluck-poet

Sue Grafton

Seamus Heaney-poet

Washington Irving

Henry James

Charles Johnson

Yusef Komunyakaa-poet

Harper Lee

Terry Pratchett

William Shakespeare

Booker T. Washington

William Wordsworth

HAPPY EASTER

 

WORDS WITH 'IRE'

Dire

Ears

Fire

Hire

Mire

Sire

Tire

Wire

WRITING CHANGES US; OUR WRITING CHANGES

Writing changes us. likewise it changes others. It's like life; it changes and our writing may reflect that. My writing has changed. I'm sharing more about things that I never would have five years ago. 

I' have been creating characters who are unlike myself. I may have some of their characteristics however I'm not them. I see that I'm capable of being a hero, a villain, a king or queen, or vagabond.  I've never written a historical novel or story but I imagine myself living during that time.

WORDS OF WISDOM

Writing is like traveling. It's wonderful to go somewhere, but you get tired of staying.

~Langston Hughes, Poet (1902-1967)

SPRIÑG'S HERE!

 

 

WORDS OF WISDOM

Art can't be taught; passion can't be taught; disciple can't be taught; but craft can be taught. And writing is both an art and a craft.

~Elizabeth George, Author (b.1949)

WORDS WITH 'UCK'

Buck

Chuck 

cluck

duck

huck

luck

muck

pluck

puck

suck

truck

tuck

NEW WORD

KVELL,  v.

Feeling happy and proud

WORDS OF WISDOM

If you are a serious writer or just a normal one, in one way or another, you are writing in the service of freedom. All writers know, understand, or dream that their work will be in the service of freedom.

~Ismail Kadare, Novelist (b.1936)

YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN

When I read a story or poem, I understand that the author was the one chosen to write it. When I read the stories by Edgar Allan Poe, only he could have written them. 

Each writer has his/her unique perspective. Life experiences, influences, and desires shape the author's ability to communicate what they wish to convey. 

MORE MARCH BABIES

Douglas Adams

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel)

John Irving

Erica Jong

Jack Kerouac

Louis L'Amour

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Flannery O'Connor

Octavio Paz

Philip Roth

Mickey Spillane

Tennessee Williams

Tom Wolfe

WRITERS/POETS BORN IN MARCH

Gregory Corso

Ralph Ellison

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Robert Frost

Michael S. Harper

A. E. Housman

Robert Lowell

Andrew Marvel

James Merrill

Wilfred Owen

John Palen

Charles P. Ries

John Updike

Cesar Vallejo

Edmund Waller

POEM

MARCH

by Genevieve

Trees awaken from winter's slumber

Silver gray clouds streak across the blue landscape

Warm southern winds loosen the grip of winter's chill

March is winter's last hurrah

Tulips enchanted by the sun's embrace

Escape their dark prison

March blast one last might roar

Then falls silent in spring's serenade

SPRING IS COMING!

 

NEW WORD

FLIVVER   n.

A cheap car or aircraft, especially one in bad condition  

FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN ON FEBRUARY 29TH.

Dinah Shore

Ja Rule

Tony Robbins

Antonio Sabato Jr.

Dennis Farina

Henri Richard

Jimmy Dorsey

Pope Paul III

Jessie Usher

Gioachino Rossini

Tempest Storm 

Cullen Jones

Alex Rocco

James Mitchell

Ken Force

Saul Williams

Al Rosen

Peter Scanavino

Joss Ackland

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