Tag: writing
Tuesday Thoughts
“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Continue reading Tuesday Thoughts
Poetic Form of the Week – Monoku
Greetings! The Poetic form of the Week is Monoku. Monoku is a senryu/haiku with a slight enigmatic/ambiguous flavour, written in its earlier Japanese form as a one liner. A ceaesura (pause) may be appropriate, dictated by sense or speech rhythm,and usually very little punctuation. Seveteen syllables or less. They may also be in a sequence form. Few Examples of Monoku: #1 listen to the pause – silence is … Continue reading Poetic Form of the Week – Monoku
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Monday Motivation
“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt Continue reading Monday Motivation
Revolutionary Poet of the Week – Kay Ryan
Greetings! The Revolutionary Poet of the Week is Kay Ryan. Born in California in 1945, Kay Ryan grew up in the small towns of the San Joaquin Valley and the Mojave Desert. She received both a bachelor’s and master’s degree from UCLA. Ryan has published several collections of poetry, including The Best of It: New and Selected Poems (Grove Press, 2010), for which she won the Pulitzer … Continue reading Revolutionary Poet of the Week – Kay Ryan
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Thoughtfully Crafted Words: Amreen Bashir Shaikh
Originally posted on mylittlebookblog:
I was trying to think back to the last time that I really immersed myself in poetry and think it would have to be back at school; I remember toiling through reams and reams of text, trying to work out what the author was trying to communicate and reading them out loud to understand how they should be read and with… Continue reading Thoughtfully Crafted Words: Amreen Bashir Shaikh
Published in The Tophat Raven Issue #2
Greetings! It has been a tiring week so far… lots of work to complete and new assignments to start with. Then I got a mail from The Tophat Raven stating the Issue #2 Mag was out and my work was featuring in it. I am glad indeed that I have tied up with different poetry magazines and it feels nice to contribute and write for … Continue reading Published in The Tophat Raven Issue #2
Friday Features
“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” ― Dr. Seuss Continue reading Friday Features
AKA The Versatile 