Monthly Archive: August 2013
please advise stop [I was dragging a ladder slowly over stones stop] by Rusty Morrison I was dragging a ladder slowly over stones stop it was only from out of my thoughts that I...
Hi everyone, if you’ve not heard of Climbing Rhyme before, please read Wednesday’s post to find out more about it. There was a lot of interest this week and it was well deserved as...
And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change, a girl...
Hello Everyone! Welcome to week four of poetic forms, where every week I introduce a different type of poem and invite you to give it a go! As an added incentive to take part,...
“I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice.” – Roald Dahl
The Hardings’ picnic was bothered by a noisome cloud of flies. noisome (adj.) [NOY-sum] 1. Disagreeable or offensive
The Present by Philip Levine The day comes slowly in the railyard behind the ice factory. It broods on one cinder after another until each glows like lead or the eye of a dog...
Hi everyone, if you don’t know what a Terza Rima is yet, then go find out and we’ll be waiting for you on the other side! This week only one person entered and before...
Anyone who’s ever received a first chapter review from me will have probably been a victim of my ‘opening chapters are vitally important’ preach. As annoying as my preaching may be though, it is...
I’m an English major, so I would love to know more about careers in publishing. One of the things I find people don’t know about publishing is exactly how many jobs you can do...