One thing I love about the Outer Cape is how, more often than not, the person working at the grocery store, gas station, library, restaurant, hardware store, or coffee shop […]
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Not Just Another Poem About the Moon
Donika Kelly writes of ‘feelings,’ namely love
I have a lot of feelings and always have. In fact, it’s why I began writing poems in high school. Feelings! So many feelings. Feelings that needed a safe place […]
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Mad Libs Poetry: A Starter Kit
Swapping noun for noun, verb for verb, to create something new
Poets build poems within the shells of earlier work, caterpillar to moth. We learn to write by reading and echoing until something clicks that feels genuine and new. I love […]
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Digging Dugan
A poem in which what seems dark and bleak becomes, somehow, hopeful
Poetry is an invitation to slow down and think more deeply about experiences, observations, perplexities, beauties, enragements, and delights. Good poetry helps us see more honestly and accurately. Sometimes poems […]
