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 | 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 | Oct 1, 2015 | Poetry Slam, Writing Help
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]I love our poetry slams. I love learning new forms, trying something I haven’t tried before, and putting it out there into the world for other writers to look at and help me focus on. But I thought...
by Rowan | Sep 1, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Imagine your life was a musical. I don’t care if the image that comes to mind is Hollywood or Bollywood, you get what I mean. At appropriate moments all the characters stop talking, turn to each other, and start singing what they mean instead. This is the basic...
by Rowan | Aug 1, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Ah, summer. The dog days thereof, in fact. The science fictioneer in me gets excited for the conjunction of the sun and Sirius, the Dog Star… but the rest of me is too damn hot and sweaty to care all...
