Sometimes the Prompt Makes You Look Twice
Daily Prompt
Rewatching my beloved X-Files 🙂
Make art about seeing something new the second time you look.
Archive for January, 2016
Sometimes the Prompt Is Born of Sadness
Daily Prompt
“Call it a night. O soul. Flow on. Instead.”~CD Wright
Make art about the eternal flow.
Sometimes the Prompt Makes You Roll the Dice
Daily Prompt
“One always has to be willing to lose to be able to win… in battle and in life. I wonder. Are you willing to lose?”~Christie Rich
Make art about taking a gamble. Or about being willing to lose.
Daily Prompt Catch Up! Get That Creativity On!
Away for a weekend manuscript consultation, so now we’re back to prompting! 🙂
1/9/2016
Snuggled up in the comfort of the beautiful Porches Writers Retreat. Make art about making a retreat.
1/10/2016
After days of winter rain, the clouds have gone, revealing blue blue sky. Make art about clearing skies.
1/11/2016
“Thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic because it is waste.” G.K. Chesterton Make art inspired by a thrift store find.
Monday Must Read! Sarah Nichols: Edie (Whispering)
Monday Must Read!
This week meet Sarah Nichols, a writer living in Connecticut. Her chapbook, Edie (Whispering): Poems from Grey Gardens, was recently published by dancing girl press. Her first book, The Country of No, was published in 2012 by Finishing Line Press. Her poem, “My Stepmother Responds to My Recovered Memory,” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Thank You for Swallowing. Her poems have also appeared inYellow Chair Review, Found Poetry Review, Right Hand Pointing, and Porkbelly Press’s Emily Anthology (2015).
Links to Sarah’s beautiful books
Edie (Whispering)(dancing girl press): Edie (Whispering): Poems from Grey Gardens | Sarah Nichols
Country of No (Finishing Line Press) https://finishinglinepress.com/product_info.php?products_id=971
Read Sarah’s work online
“My Stepmother Responds to My Recovered Memory,” thankyouforswallowing.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/my-stepmother-responds-to-my-recovered-memory
“Batman’s Wife,” Yellow Chair Review: Yellow Chair Review – Pop Culture Issue 2015 (Pg. 60)
“The Secret,” Found Poetry Review, Volume Eight:volumeeight.foundpoetryreview.com/855
“Smoke Horse,” in Right Hand Pointing: www.righthandpointing.net/#!sarah-nichols/ci1b
Interview with Sarah
http://www.nicolerollender.com/carpe-noctem-blog/chapbook-interview-with-sarah-nichols
Happy Reading!
xo
Mary
Sometimes The Day Is The Poem <3
“dreaming is believing” ❤
who you are is miraculous ❤ never forget that.
Sometimes the Prompt Is Suddenly Revealing
Daily Prompt
“The magic of the street is the mingling of the errand and the epiphany.” ~Rebecca Solnit
Make art about an epiphany.
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