by Rowan | May 1, 2015 | Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
I’m gonna say something, and I want you to relax before I do. Relax. Bear with me. It’ll be okay. Everything will be fine. I’m going to talk about Shakespeare now. Aw, crap. Now you’re all tense again. It’s okay. I promise. No sonnets. No...
by Rowan | Mar 31, 2015 | Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Swagger. Game. Confidence. No matter what you call it, you know you gotta have it. Even the Old Norse were into swagger. Just check out their poetry. Edda after edda of braggadocio. In fact, they were so into...
by Rowan | Mar 1, 2015 | Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Raise your hand if you’re tired of spending more time trying to find the right rhyme than you did coming up with the idea for your poem in the first place. Keep it up if you hate trying to check your scansion. For those of you who die a little inside every time...
by Rowan | Feb 1, 2015 | Poetry Slam, Writing Help
Does the word “sonnet” scare you? Are you already having flashbacks to Shakespeare and a thousand bad readings at awkward weddings that have already gone on way too long by the time someone compares thee to a summer’s day? Well, never fear....
