Archive for 'poetry' Category
Dec 7th, 2009 by Dianne |
Breezing through Facebook tonight, I happened upon a link a friend posted to Upstart Crow Literary . Agent Michael Stearns has written an excellent piece on Agenting Picture Books v. Agenting Novels. It’s one of the most insightful posts I’ve seen on the subject of picture books – both the art of writing them and [...]
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Jun 24th, 2009 by Dianne |
Bugs of the Computer Variety Today is one of those days when I… 1) *wish* I hadn’t updated to the latest version of WordPress and 2) wish I knew enough about HTML to be able to help myself. The best I can figure out, after scouting around the internet, is that the WP 2.8 version [...]
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Apr 30th, 2009 by Dianne |
The last two weeks have been crazy busy BUT I love Tricia’s – of The Miss Rumphius Effect – poetry stretches. So I couldn’t let this week go by without attempting – another first for me – a Tritina! The thing about writing to the poetry stretch, is that it’s a bit uncomfortable for me [...]
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Apr 23rd, 2009 by Dianne |
“Window Sijo” was this week’s poetry stretch – a first attempt at sijo, as described by Linda Sue Park in Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems). Heat was on my mind: a hot weekend in Death Valley and more hot weather at home. This week also brought the audio of Peony in Love by [...]
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Apr 9th, 2009 by Dianne |
Here are my attempts at this week’s poetry stretch at The Miss Rumphius Effect – a bite-sized sonnet. I had no idea I would spend so much time on this tiny-sized version of a sonnet. The truth is, it’s just not that easy. At least for me… I did many many versions until I arrived [...]
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Apr 4th, 2009 by Dianne |
I’ve added a new page: PICTURE BOOKS: ART AND CRAFT. Click here or on the GREEN tab in the banner above and take a look!
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Mar 14th, 2009 by Dianne |
The other morning as I skimmed through the current issue of the Horn Book while doing morning face prep at the sink, I flipped open to a review of Joyce Sidman’s latest poetry collection: Red Sings from the Treetops: A Year in Colors. I love many of Sidman’s collections (particularly Song of the Waterboatman and [...]
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Feb 19th, 2009 by Dianne |
I discovered Marilyn Nelson’s powerful stories and amazing poetry - Carver: A Life in Poems , A Wreath for Emmett Till, and Fortune’s Bones – several years ago. I’m so pleased to see Nelson’s work spotlighted on The Brown Bookshelf‘s: 28 Days Later, 2009 campaign (including her latest, The Freedom Business, which I have yet [...]
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Feb 2nd, 2009 by Dianne |
Stephen Fry in The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within has this to say about writing poetry: “It can take weeks to assemble and polish a single line of poetry… poems take time… they are to be lived with and endlessly revisited.” Fry could easily be talking about picture books. They take ages to [...]
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