Blogger: Cynthia Ruchti
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Whether you ingest poetry through song lyrics or fairytales or children’s books or the Psalms or poetry readings in …
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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 …