poetry

Who Is Your Inner Poet? 2 comments

This entry was posted in April Poetry Month Polls & Surveys and tagged inspiration poetry quiz role models on April 20, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on April 19, 2015)

In honour of Poetry Month, I want to know who your inner poet is. But let’s raise the stakes and make this a little more […]

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Sapphic Stanzas 1 comment

This entry was posted in April Poetry Month Prompts & Writing Games and tagged poetry verse form writing prompt on April 14, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on April 13, 2015)

You have probably heard of Sappho and Sapphic poetry. Let’s look at the “sapphic stanza”. The Sapphic Stanza is four lines long. The first three […]

Eye Rhymes

This entry was posted in April Poetry Month Prompts & Writing Games Writing and tagged eye rhymes poetry warm ups writing exercises writing prompts on April 13, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on April 14, 2015)

Defining Eye Rhymes “Eye Rhymes” are words that look similar but sound different: in other words, the “rhyme” happens for your eyes, not your ears. […]

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Louise Erdrich: Advice to Myself 2 comments

This entry was posted in April Poetry Month Prompts & Writing Games Writing and tagged creative life creativity Louise Erdrich permission to write poem poetry specificity time management on April 11, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on April 12, 2015)

My friend the talented Israeli-Brazilian writer Avital Gad-Cykman introduced me to “Advice to Myself” by Louise Erdrich, and I thought it might speak to some […]