In good company with many a girl poet of my generation, I remember (at the naïve age of 19) stepping out of the pristine order of Plath’s poetry and circling her life, which really meant hunting Ted, blaming Ted, for […]
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“…the reverse birth image never left me, of petals, hummingbirds, and Marilyn trying to breathe…”-- Marilyn, Arriving: Collage, Astrology and Poetry (Feral Mom, Feral Writer) November Butterfly (my first poetry collection, Saddle Road Press) comes out …
The Kiln Has a Vote: Creativity and Risk with Robyn Beattie
September 14, 2014
I know that the secret conversation between the fire and my work will get told eventually, when the door is finally opened... -- Robyn Beattie To illustrate the transformative nature of revealing secrets in Writing and …
Erica Goss writes a video poetry column, The Third Form, for Connotation Press (something I discovered not too long ago when I was foraging for video poetry sites). Her new book, Vibrant Words: Ideas and …
The My Writing Process Blog Tour is spiraling through the blogosphere, offering the inspirational Mother lode on process specifics for those of us between writing groups, classes, or retreats. Pull us up on Twitter using #MyWritingProcess …
I’ve been on the Royal Road of Tarot for many years with all the usual detours in focus (degrees, children, career). But once on such a path, one is always a pilgrim in some form …
Blogger as Weaver: A Solstice Interview with Blog Mage Heather Blakey
December 22, 2013
I started posting this year at Transformative Blogging in hopes of elucidating some ways bloggers might play and grow, suggesting they try writing a variety of post types; I also hoped to curate a modest …
Letter Blog Posts: Epistolary Heavens
October 28, 2013
A letter is a Joy of Earth / It is denied the Gods—Emily Dickinson, 1885 Letter writing may be denied the Gods, but Emily’s turn of the phrase, with her distinctive finality inspires a creative challenge—so …
How to Use Images on Your Blog: Imaginal Cells, The Fantasy Astrology Store, and Alternate Histories
May 1, 2013
The human family is now in our own chrysalis. Our Butterfly is soon to be born. You and I are the “imaginal cells” directing that birth.—Carol Lynn Pearson Given their power to instantly tell a …
The Attractant Power and Poetry of List Posts
April 15, 2013
Did you ever make a list of the qualities you wanted in a lover? Did your list draw to you the one you love? Mine did—eventually--after a string of sour love stories featuring Midwest bars, …