Tag: Poetry

• Forum Friday: How are you celebrating National Poetry Month?

  Happy Friday! We’re almost a week into April, and for poetry that means great things. Although National Poetry Month is an American observance, you certainly need not be American to observe it. In fact, one of the things that inspired me to make this the topic of today’s Forum Friday is the sheer band of…

  Julie Israel

  5 April, 2013

  Inspiration, Poetry, Reading, Writing

  Billy Collins, Forum Friday, Introduction to Poetry, national poetry month, poems, Poetry, writers

• 30 Stories in 30 Days: Complete!

  This post follows my successfully-completed endeavor to read one short story every day for 30 days, write about it, then post what I wrote on my blog. I challenged myself to do this in order to observe good writing, apply what I learned to my own writing, and—at least, where blogging is concerned—work on that…

  Julie Israel

  6 February, 2013

  Inspiration, Personal, Reading, short story, Writing

  30 short stories in 30 days, fiction, Poetry, reading challenge, writers, Writing, writing goals

• Summerland

  Time drips through a crack in the roof, collecting in metal pails called days.

  Julie Israel

  29 January, 2013

  Poetry, Writing

  poem, Poetry, sometimes I write poetry, writers, Writing

• Writing Challenge, Day 8: Ghosts, Superhorses, and Sock Monsters

  30 Day Know Thyself Writing Challenge Day 8: How old were you when you started writing? What did you write? I started writing in grade school. To be honest, memories of my earliest work are vague, but here is what I recall: 1st or 2nd grade I wrote a short story having to do with…

  Julie Israel

  8 June, 2012

  Creative Projects, Writing

  30 day writing challenge, Books, fan fiction, Fudge, Ghost Horse, ghosts, Judy Blume, Poetry, short story, Writing

• Writing Challenge, Day 5: “The Honey of Peace”

  30 Day Know Thyself Writing Challenge Day 5: What do you hope a reader will take away from your writing? Short Answer: “What? No! When does the next book come out???” Real Answer: Just kidding. I wouldn’t want my readers to come away unsatisfied! (Though hungry for more is perfectly acceptable… ;)) Robinson Jeffers has…

  Julie Israel

  5 June, 2012

  Creative Projects, Poetry, Writing

  30 day writing challenge, fleeting, peace, Poetry, Robinson Jeffers, To The Stone-Cutters, Writing

• 7 Day Poetry Project

  

  This year, to celebrate National Poetry Month, I made a commitment to transcribe one poem every day for a week, then at the end of the week to send the poems out into the world. Now April is nearly over and I can happily report, PROJECT COMPLETE. Choosing a mere seven poems (I ended up…

  Julie Israel

  28 April, 2012

  Creative Projects, Poetry

  Holy Sonnet X, i carry your heart with me, Jabberwocky, national poetry month, On Raglan Road, Poetry, poetry project, since feeling is first, Sonnet XVII, The Red Wheelbarrow, XVI

• The Word ‘Plum’

  If I were to teach poetry I would start with the most rudimentary element: sound. Many people shy away from poetry because they’re intimidated by it– by not understanding its language, its metaphors, its meaning (and yes, being afraid to give a poem more than a single read). Well, I have news for the general…

  Julie Israel

  23 April, 2012

  Poetry

  beginning poetry, Poetry, teaching poetry, the word plum

• April is National Poetry Month

  What a beautiful time of year. Just as color paints the fields, the birds wing home and cherry trees make pink snow on the sidewalk, so April rolls around and brings with it lines of poetry as stirring as the scent of lavender in spring. That’s right: April is National Poetry Month! So how do we…

  Julie Israel

  16 April, 2012

  Poetry

  napomo, national poetry month, Poetry