Susan Tweit’s currently working on two book proposals. One is on the theme of using-nature-to-fire-your-creativity. She’s using her haiku practice as an exercise. The post below tells us more about why she writes haiku on Twitter. Read more of Susan’s haiku on Riehlife-Poem-of-the-day. Read more about Susan’s work below. Janet _________________ WHY POST HAIKU ON…
Susan Tweit posts a Haiku a Day on Twitter and Facebook. If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, then what would you say of a Haiku a day? Make sure you see the Riehlife companion post Susan wrote on her haiku Twitter practice. Read more about Susan Tweit’s rich background and accomplishments below….
Rhonda Esakov is a sister member of Story Circle Network. I met her when we both belonged to an SCN online support group. You can read her Story Circle Network reviews online. She’s kindly responded to my call for April poems. Here’s her introduction to “The Sparrow,” which she refers to as “my little novice…
Eden Maxwell needs your votes to reach finalist in the Talenthouse Art Competition! Vote for Eden’s witty figurative painting “The Readymade.” What’s a Readymade? These burst upon the art world through Marcel Duchamp. André Breton and Paul Éluard’s in their Dictionnaire abrégé du Surréalisme defines a Readymade as “an ordinary object elevated to the dignity…
Enlightenment is a Bitch by Dane Cervine published in The Sun Magazine, March 2010 At first it isn’t so bad — a taste of ecstasy, the world covered in honey. Even snails scrawl the names of buddhas with their silvery trails. But then, too much. Pears become unbearable, wet white flesh so tender one could…
Susan Tweit will be with us in the Riehlife poem of the day series this Monday, April 5th. She was kind enough to announce the poem of the day series on her blog Walking Nature Home: Now, some news: It’s National Poetry Month, and author and blogger Janet Riehl of the village wisdom magazine Riehlife,…
What: 2010 Meramec Writing Festival When: April 6 and 7 Where: Meramec, one of five St. Louis Community Colleges. 11333 Big Bend Rd. St. Louis, MO 63122-5720 314-984-7500 website: www.stlcc.edu Meramec’s Writing Festival is not to be missed. Just one of the many fascinating sessions features Anne Earney and Colleen McKee: “Are We Feeling Better…
Gently Read Literature is an internet journal devoted to commentary and criticism of contemporary poetry and literary fiction. The magazine features reviews of chapbooks, longer essays on aesthetics and literature, and in-depth reviews of poetry and serious fiction. The April 2010 Issue 25 marks its 2nd Year Anniversary. You can read Gently Read Literature’s blog,…
by Billy Collins from The Apple that Astonished Paris During my Poem-of-the-Day series on Riehlife we’ll have a mixture of named poets & others just like the rest of us. My friend Stephanie Farrow in Albuquerque, New Mexico chooses the Big Name Poets. She sends her picks out via email every day. I’ll be scooping…
May 8-31st Opening reception: Saturday May 8th, 6-9 p.m. Janiece Senn’s new mixed media work “Sweet Dreams & Nightmares” Marbles Gallery 1905 Park Avenue, just east of Mississippi, in Lafayette Square. Call 314.791.6466 Viisit www.marblesyoga.com. Stop by to share art, wine and meet this talented, playfully creative artist! Janiece Senn’s recent mixed media work with…