Hello and happy Thursday! I’ve got some POETRY NEWS to share with you. There’s a little something in this post for everybody—adult poets, student poets, teachers, and even lovers of horror. Student Poetry Contests Entries to the Poetry Society of Texas Student Awards are due March 1, 2016. PST offers 82 contests to students in gradesContinue reading “Contests, Workshops, and One Very Creepy Poem”
Category Archives: Poetry
The Night Before Deadline
The Night Before Deadline ‘Twas the night before deadline, and all over my desk not a character stirred—the manuscript was a mess. The computer was on, the cursor was blinking in hopes that a plotline would soon enter my thinking. The coffee cups were empty, the blogs had been read, yet nothing—no nothing!—danced inContinue reading “The Night Before Deadline”
Things That Could One Day Find Their Way Into a Poem
This week I’d like to share a poem with you. It holds the record for the longest title of any piece I’ve written so far. * Things That Could One Day Find Their Way Into a Poem (in no particular order) the way I hold my hot tea by the cup instead of the handleContinue reading “Things That Could One Day Find Their Way Into a Poem”
Carie Juettner 