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The Wildflowers Were In Bloom (photo by Sequoyah School) My goddaughter Jennifer Delaquil’s son R. attends Sequoyah School in Pasadena. On my last trip out to Southern California, I visited them there. Josh Brody, Director Sequoyah School, sent out some wonderful poems and photos from a student outing in their newsletter called “News from Beyond…
“Clara’s Air,” a poem by Arletta Dawdy, Part III
Hiding in cramped attics or soured hay, behind a secret wall, under a bed or up a tree, caused them often to pray. A thin soup, a crust of bread, an ear of corn to chew, where came the next meal, they seldom knew. Drained of hope by pain and sorrow, their next stop caused…
The Big Write…for KIDS!…Enter now.
Students! Want to enter the annual writing contest, The Big Write? Get started now. Submission deadline is Sept. 12. The three top winners in each of two grade level categories: (1) 4th and 5th graders, and (2) 6th through 8th graders, will win $100 for 1st place, $50 for second place, and $25 for 3rd…
Baiting the Writing Hooks and Reeling It In–by Daniel Holland
Here’s Daniel Holland’s fanciful description of his writing process.–JGR I’m good at getting the hooks and baiting the hooks. I’m frustrated though, once my line is in the water. I don’t yet know how to play the line so I can get the bites and catch the fish. There’s my line in the water, dangling,…
Janet Riehl Featured Reader at 10th Annual Poets & Writers Picnic in Mountainair, NM, on August 25th
Last summer Dale Harris attended my talk “Show Me the Way to Go Home” at the Harwood Art Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico and invited me to be a featured reader forthe 2007 Poets and Writers Picnic. I was only too happy to say “Yes!” (Click here to read my talk “Show Me the Way…
The Story Behind Erwin A. Thompson’s Poem “Our Heritage”
Today I’m part of an invited poetry reading for the Land Trust in Lake County up here in Northern California. We’ll read at Rodman Slough. One of the poems I’ll read will be one of my favorites, and one I consider to be my father’s most powerful. Here are my father’s comments on his poem–It…