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Letter Blog Posts: Epistolary Heavens

A letter is a Joy of Earth / It is denied the Gods—Emily Dickinson, 1885 Letter writing may be denied the Gods, but Emily’s turn of the phrase, with her distinctive finality inspires a creative challenge—so try it, poets: choose a couple…

The Attractant Power and Poetry of List Posts

Did you ever make a list of the qualities you wanted in a lover? Did your list draw to you the one you love? Mine did—eventually--after a string of sour love stories featuring Midwest bars, triangles involving the preacher’s daughter, botched…
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By the Spell of the Spin, The Human Calendar, or How to Write a Worthy Holiday Post

Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours… Black Elk, Holy man of the Oglala Sioux 1836-1950 (from Black Elk Speaks) Let’s say you’ve blogged merrily along so far, only to run headlong into blogger block.…