by Rowan | Jul 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
The 23rd poet laureate consultant in poetry (that’s the actual title) of the United States is as American as they come: Tulsa, Oklahoma, resident Joy Harjo is a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation. She’s the first Native American to hold the title, and...
by Rowan | Jun 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Happy Independence Day! Here in the U.S.A. we’re not supposed to be celebrating until July, but someone on my block broke out the fireworks last weekend and got me thinking about parties. So this month, June, we’re going to celebrate Independence Day...
by Christine Hanolsy | May 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Big ideas in tiny packages If you’re a fan of our microprose challenge, you know the joy—and the pain—of squeezing an entire narrative into a very limited number of words. It’s a matter of distilling your stories, reducing them down to their basic...
by Rowan | Apr 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
April is National Poetry Month, and you know what that means! Actually, no, you don’t, because honestly we are not well-organized adults all the time and for at least the past few years we’ve dropped the ball on doing something cool for National Poetry...
by Rowan | Feb 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Welp, it’s February again, which means I’m locked into my annual quest to find something that’s not a frickin sonnet for our poetry slam. Not that there’s anything wrong with sonnets (and in fact, I’m going to let you write a sonnet this...
by Rowan | Jan 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Building Blocks December was the season of gifting, and boy did I end up getting a lot of building-themed presents for the kids in my life. Whether you’re working with Legos or Minecraft, it’s still popular to make big things out of little things – and then, um, make...
