Category: writing
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People say never to use a cliche while you’re writing, but when I’m writing dialogue, I ignore this edict. This is the reason. People talk all kinds of ways. They use idioms, slang, axioms, proverbs. They use terms and phrases and metaphors we’ve culled from the Bible and Shakespeare and rap songs. How people use…
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>last post<<next post The American sentence is a poetic form invented by beat poet Allen Ginsberg. It’s 17 syllables, one sentence, no line breaks. He felt it fit the cadences and colloquialisms of American English, and the country’s unique flavor better than traditional haiku.
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I wrote this poem who knows how long ago, perhaps well over a decade. I still feel the same way but I’ll add one caveat. Stanza 2 reads like a criticism of soldiers themselves. My beef is with warmongering politicians, etc. I ain’t got nothing to say to you– no bumper-sticket warrior fighting it out…
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Here’s what happened this weekend. I have been banned from Facebook forever, allegedly for posting inappropriate material regarding children. It’s preposterous. I’m a teacher and a mom. I post tiki art, poetry, flash fiction, the occasional think piece, political diatribe, indie fan girl musical post and once in a blue moon a pic of my…
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>>last post <<next post It’s interesting. For all its drawbacks, social media has tempted and challenged writers–everyone, really–to present their ideas in new formats. I’ve gone fast and in some case animated though, believe me, I have many long, time-consuming projects underway. My flash-fiction, epigrams etc. are usually just the fun stuff that comes out…