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!
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
“dreaming is believing” ❤
who you are is miraculous ❤ never forget that.
Daily Prompt
“This, then, is the gift the world has given me/(you have given me)/softly the snow”~Diana Di Prima
Make art with first snow as the central metaphor.
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