by Rowan | Jan 1, 2016 | Poetry Slam, Writing Help
Ah, January. A time of hope, excitement, and looking forward… but also a time of bittersweet farewell to last year. That’s why January is a perfect time to focus on learning to write an aubade. Since we’ve been working on forms for a year now, I...
by Rowan | Dec 1, 2015 | Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
If you’ve been around yeah write for a while, you’ve probably seen this month’s poetry slam form, the tritina, or its big sister the sestina, popping up on the fiction|poetry grid here and there. It’s not entirely my fault, but I do love a good...
by Rowan | Dec 1, 2015 | Writing Help, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In my part of the world, as I write this, we are slowly lurching on toward Winter Solstice. Midwinter, traditionally, not the “start” of winter that modern calendars like. Yule. The shortest day of the year. Like most...
by Rowan | Dec 1, 2015 | Writing Help, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]No, wait. Not Flashdance. Flashback. Although some of you may have had a flashback when I said Flashdance. Ugh, I’m talking in circles already; time for coffee. I turned the pot on an hour ago, but the funniest thing...
by Rowan | Nov 1, 2015 | Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
You remember when I did that thing to you with the dróttkvætt? I’m about to do it again, but gently, and with love. This month’s poetry slam focuses on love, and before you chide me for being out of season let me remind you that this month is exactly nine...
by Rowan | Nov 1, 2015 | Writing Help, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I don’t know what it was about this past week, but it was the worst. Everyone in my house was sick. The dachshund hurt his back. The other dog picked a fight with both cats. I was sick. Nothing got done and the house was a...
