Blogger: Cynthia Ruchti
Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
Or violet.
Whatever.
Note the violet color of these violets.
Whether you ingest poetry through song lyrics or fairytales or children’s books or the Psalms or poetry readings in …
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// by Rachel Kent// 9 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
This post is one I posted a couple years ago on Good Friday. I am very sick today, so I decided it was a good day to discuss our favorite hymns/songs again. I hope you enjoy reflecting …
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Blogger: Rachel Kent
I know many of you are still digging out of the snow, but Spring is just around the corner! 🙂 We have had glorious Spring days here in Northern California, but we do still need rain to …
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Blogger:Â Â Â Â Â Etta Wilson
Location:Â Â Â Annapolis, MD
Weather:Â Â Â Low 70s and overcast
All week I’ve been thinking and blogging about poetry—its appeal to different ages, its forms, its seemingly universal origins. I don’t know if I’m any closer to a definition …
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Blogger:Â Â Â Â Â Etta Wilson
Location:Â Â Â Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather:Â Â Â Low 70s and Lovely
The essence of my ruminations on poetry is how it can enliven and engage readers in our other writing, particularly fiction. I’m reading Brenda Vantrease’s The …
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Blogger:Â Â Â Â Â Etta Wilson
Location:Â Â Â Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather:Â Â Â High 70s
Some sources claim that poetry is the oldest form of literature. Reading the Psalms and the Iliad or the Odyssey suggests that may be true. (Wish I could …
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Blogger:Â Â Â Â Â Â Etta Wilson
Location:Â Â Â Â Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather:Â Â Â Â Slight chance of showers
Recently an author asked me how many poems she should include in a manuscript for a picture book of poetry. I had no idea how to …
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Blogger:Â Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Fair and low 70s
I love April! For many of us it signals the sure re-awakening from winter. Each spring I count the different blooming plants and trees in my …