Sisters of the Orange, A Tale of Three Oranges: November Butterfly Poetry Prompt 5
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Between those trees, I first felt it / like dusk or the roil of the astral body down the thumbs-width tunnel between dreams: / The dark horse-bites of men’s glances—For the Love of Three Oranges, November Butterfly (Saddle Road Press,…
Jay DeFeo’s Rose, or Stein cursived hers on her ceiling for Alice: November Butterfly Poetry Prompt 4
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Here is an image of a flower’s flower, replete with “sinuous rills” to borrow from Coleridge (Kubla Khan). We all get to be Georgia in front of a flower, inhabiting her eye for a fractionally inspired several seconds, to the tune…
Sylvia, Is It Sleep or Words You Miss: November Butterfly Poetry Prompt 2
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In good company with many a girl poet of my generation, I remember (at the naïve age of 19) stepping out of the pristine order of Plath’s poetry and circling her life, which really meant hunting Ted, blaming Ted, for Sylvia’s destruction;…
Marilyn, or No Girl Sets Out to Die: November Butterfly Poetry Prompt 1
Slider, Transformative Blogging“…the reverse birth image never left me, of petals, hummingbirds, and Marilyn trying to breathe…”-- Marilyn, Arriving: Collage, Astrology and Poetry (Feral Mom, Feral Writer)
November Butterfly (my first poetry collection, Saddle…
Mother, Writer, Mentor: practical tips for writing moms
Classes, SliderThe Fertile Source is kicking off 2012 by expanding its offerings with a sister site. Our focus is two-fold, to offer writing courses for mothers who write and to develop a mentoring program for writing moms. At Mother, Writer, Mentor, we hope…
Feral Mom Feral Writer
Published Work, SliderLiterary, gritty musings on the art of raising children and surviving marriage while writing; frequently includes reveries on the writings of other women along a wide spectrum including poetry, prose, film, graphic novels, plays, and all other…