Exploring Poetry – Poetic Forms

Kicking off this month’s poetry blog, as it is National Poetry Month, is a post on poetic forms. I’m having a guest come and post on my blog each month talking about poetry from the various poetic forms to what poetry means to them. To start, I have Mona Mehas posting today about forms with examples from her poetry. Like Read More …

April Poetry Month: Celebrating Verse and Creativity

Welcome to April and… April is National Poetry Month! Last year I used this month to prep my science fiction and fantasy poetry, including writing several new pieces, for my soon-to-be-released collection, Imaginari. This month, I am planning on participating in a poem-a-day challenge where I write a new poem every day, and I’ll be attending an open mic event Read More …

2023 Year in Review

It’s 2024! I typically look back at my year and share some highlights. There were a lot of exciting things I did this year as well as some life events that carried grief. If you want to read all of my month summaries, start here. December 2023 Author Updates Highlights of 2023 Writing Accomplishments Debut Novel Released Trials of the Read More …

Unique Poetry Collaboration Ideas

Today begins National Poetry Month in the US – celebrating poets’ role in our culture and that poetry matters. I will be participating in writing a poem a day by using prompts and encouragement from the 2023 April PAD Challenge (writersdigest.com) and the Indiana Writers Center. I love using prompts and combining them with trying out new poetry Forms to Read More …