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Poets Know It: Writing Tips from Poetry’s Lips

April 29, 2019 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  28 Comments

Blogger: Cynthia Ruchti

poets roses

 

Roses are red.

Violets are blue.

Or violet.

Whatever.

violets poetsNote 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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Holy Week Music

March 25, 2016 //  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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Poetry and Springtime

March 6, 2015 //  by Rachel Kent//  49 Comments

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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Friday Free-for-All

April 30, 2010 //  by Etta Wilson//  8 Comments

Blogger:      Etta Wilson

Location:    Annapolis, MD

Weather:    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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Poetry: Fiction’s Rib

April 29, 2010 //  by Etta Wilson//  2 Comments

Blogger:      Etta Wilson

Location:    Books & Such Nashville Office

Weather:    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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Poetry in Every Tongue and Place

April 28, 2010 //  by Etta Wilson//  9 Comments

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Location:    Books & Such Nashville Office

Weather:    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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The Look of Poetry

April 27, 2010 //  by Etta Wilson//  5 Comments

Blogger:       Etta Wilson

Location:     Books & Such Nashville Office

Weather:     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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April When Poems Blossom

April 26, 2010 //  by Etta Wilson//  13 Comments

Blogger:  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 …

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