“Up a Tree” won 2nd Place in the Austin Poetry Society’s 2014 Moving Along Award After two years of writing, I still expect stories to pop out of my head and form, nearly-finished, on the page. Despite more than a decade of telling students to slow down and take their time, I still rush. AlthoughContinue reading “Writerly Ramblings on a Rainy Afternoon”
Category Archives: Poetry
In a Kingdom of Poetry
I have trouble writing reviews of poetry books. Poetry is so subjective. What I like and what I don’t like has as much to do with the day of the week, the weather, and what dreams I had the night before as it does the quality of the poet’s work. Sometimes I can appreciate a poemContinue reading “In a Kingdom of Poetry”
Poetry News
Hello friends in the blogosphere! I’m still recovering from my five blog posts in five days last week. Whew! It was fun but also a lot of work, and as I said in Tip #10, even blogging can be a form of procrastination. So this week I’m focusing on my novel draft and keeping thingsContinue reading “Poetry News”
Carie Juettner 