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But Does it Rhyme?
We're a small, but
hopefully growing, band of poets who like to
talk about our craft and share what we've
written. We'll highlight favorite poets, review
new books, and explore the process of writing
poetry from inspiration to conclusion. (We might
venture into essays and short fiction, too.) We
hope you'll like our blog — and contribute your
own thought and poems.
Sally Zakariya, Poetry Editor
Richer Resources Publications
Charan Sue Wollard
(LivermoreLit)
Kevin Taylor
(Poet-ch'i)
Sherry Weaver Smith
(SherrysKnowledgeQuest)
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The Gift of Self
Sometimes an old friend surprises you with a new talent—or, more precisely, a talent that has been kept hidden. That’s the case with my friend Ingrid, a California artist who, it turns out, has been writing poetry all along. Here’s one of hers that I like especially:
Scent
By Ingrid Weimann
Sometimes
the perfume of
our own flesh
is so sweet
too quickly
abandoned with
water and soap
we miss the
intoxicating
gift of the self
lasting briefly
but ever
so sweet
Ingrid Weimann,
a native of Germany, is an artist, writer, and
bird lover who lives in Los Angeles, California.
Watch the Magic Happen
Somewhere in cyberland a ghostly poet is writing a poem as you watch. It’s called QuickMuse, and if you skip the outdated commentary and go straight to what the site calls the “Agon Archive,” you can choose a date, read the day’s prompt, and then watch the words appear. The poet’s challenge: write a poem in response to the prompt, and do it in 15 minutes. Watch in real time or speed it up—either way, you can almost see the poet’s fingers on the keys.—S.Z.
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What Are You Writing?
Why should we get all the bylines? Submit your
latest poem—just one for now—and we’ll publish
the poems we like best in an upcoming blog post.
Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please
let us know if the poem is accepted or published
elsewhere. Send your poem, plus a few lines
about yourself, in the body of an e-mail message
to:
poetryeditor@RicherResourcesPublications.com