This week I’ve been reading A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver (she’s the poet famous for the line, “what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”). Here’s one of my favorite sections: Writing a poem … is a kind of possible love affair between something like the heart (that […]
Ode to the Cupcake
Why do we love you, little pillows of batter and frosting? Is it the way you sit so neatly on our napkins, crimped skirt and billowing blouse? Or the way you require of us only three – maybe four – bites of commitment? Perhaps it is your panache for neon sprinkles and foil linings. So […]
Phone Photos of my Published Poem
————————– Notes: I wrote this after reading the poem “Saints” by Amy Gerstler. That’s why after the title it says “After Gerstler” – something I learned to do in my poetry class this semester. I give Gerstler credit because it is modeled after her theme as well as her style. This is a prose […]
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