Paula J. Lambert describes her Journey into Poetry, from aspiring fiction writer to published poet, by way of pigs and prose.
Journey into Poetry: Matthew Kreider
So much of life depends upon the lighting. Under the fluorescent bulbs of Grade 9 English, I turned to page 646, or something like that, and discovered poetry. Unit VII probably had a catchy and alliterative title, but I don’t remember it. I remember seeing bold-faced words, eerie line breaks (though I didn’t know the […]
Journey into Poetry: Richard Berlin
I didn’t start writing poetry until I was in my mid-forties. Growing up, I wasn’t the kind of kid who wrote poetry or holed up in his room writing a journal. As a teenager, I loved the singer-songwriters of the sixties — Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell – and I […]
Oh, Annabel: Words of My Father
Daddy told stories of WWII, when he first started memorizing Poe. I’ll never know why he chose Edgar, but we loved hearing his voice recite as we traveled.
Journey into Poetry: Duane Scott
What does it take to get someone into poetry? Apparently, for Duane Scott, a little bamboozling. And Billy Collins. And pajamas.
Journey into Poetry: Tania Runyan
I know poetry is where I’m meant to be. I just can’t escape it.
Journey into Poetry: Dave Harrity
I liked poetry at that point in my life, but I didn’t love it.
Journey into Poetry: Megan Willome
After my mom died, I thought I’d never write another poem. Enter Susan Wooldridge’s book Poemcrazy.
Journey into Poetry: Reno K. Lawrence
For the past few weeks, I’ve been writing poetry, brainstorming lines. I imagine the right-brained play is overflowing into my creative process on the job.
Journey into Poetry: Anne M. Doe Overstreet
I cannot remember a time when there was not a passion for cadence and knowing and naming. This is the stuff of poetry.
Journey into Poetry: Claire Burge
Instant has cheapened us. We need the forgotten process but we don’t know it. So I started capturing poetry, as a cathartic process.
Journey into Poetry: Zack Saloom
Armed with a finance degree, I tackled poetry like an equation to be solved. Zack Saloom’s Journey into Poetry.
Journey into Poetry: Dave Malone
Get me at a cocktail party. Get me talking about writing poetry. Get me talking about what made the difference. Just a phone call.
Journey Into Poetry: Chris Yokel
These days, I can’t imagine my life without poetry.
Journey into Poetry: Laura Boggess
I was afraid of poetry. And so, I avoided it.
Journey into Poetry: David Rupert
I now realize that poetry isn’t a tool to impress. It’s a way to reflect the soul.
Journey Into Poetry: Charity Singleton Craig
I have to have poetry in regular doses or the other writing I’m doing begins to suffer.
Journey into Poetry: Jim Wood
I have no business writing poetry. I am a corporate executive whose days are filled with calculus and quantifications.
Journey Into Poetry: Will Willingham
Here at T. S. Poetry, nothing could make us happier than when a person discovers poems.