Every Day Inspiration
We’re just two days removed from International Women’s Day. We’ve all been blessed to have at least one special woman in our life, whether it be a mother, daughter, sister, or even teacher. Write a...
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March 20th marked the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. I can already smell the scent of fresh cut grass and feel the warm breeze on my face. Spring is time for new beginnings in a lot of...
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April Fool’s Day is right around the corner. Try writing a humorous poem. Be as silly and imaginative as you can be. You never know what you might come up with!
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Today’s exercise is about expansion. Take one of the Basho poems below, and expand on it, or use it as a jumping off point to write your own poem. Move beyond the haiku to address the essence of the...
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Apophenia, or for the statistician, the Type I Error, is the perception of pattern in randomness. In other words, when you see a face in the shadows of tree limbs or textures on the ceiling, that is...
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Each section of poet Lyn Hejinian‘s prose poem sequence My Life originally contained 38 sentences, one for each year of her life at the time it was first published. Try writing a poem that contains one...
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Today in the United States and parts of Mexico, people celebrate Cinco de Mayo. The celebrations focus on a battle won against the odds – Mexicans defeated a much larger, better-equipped French army in...
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Yesterday was Mother’s Day in many countries around the world including Australia, Canada, China, India, and the U.S. Mothers and motherhood provide much fodder for writers and artists. In 2013, the...
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At this time of year, those of us in the northern hemisphere are beginning work in the garden. Gardens have a connection with the sacred for many, offer a place of solace and peace. Gardening gets us...
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Today is Memorial Day in the U.S., a holiday that originally honored soldiers lost in the American Civil War and later expanded to include all American wars. Americans, like so many cultures around the...
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