The-Part-that-Stands-for-the-Whole
“The true mystery of the world is the visible.” Oscar Wilde Oscar knew what he was talking about, and for someone as gabby as he could be, he had a gift for synecdoche, a fancy term for...
Read MoreAuthor: Ron Koertge
Homework is Rarely Poetry
I just got back from a little gig in a Ventura high school. Just an hour or so up the coast from Pasadena. The high school has been decimated by flu; I met three different classes, one of them with about ten kids. Last students...
Read MoreWriting, Readings, and Kids
I’m glad folks like/are liking my do-it-every-day assignment. I’ve been writing unusually badly lately, and it’s been weirdly delightful. But after I’ve fallen down the stairs every morning (so to speak)...
Read MoreHere’s a writing challenge for you!
Here’s a thought. And, actually, an exercise. I was talking to another poet about writing a sonnet a day for three months. We’d both done that in the past. Way in the past for me. And we’d both enjoyed it in a...
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