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The Artist’s Way Week 2
Hello friends! I hope you had a good week 2. This week I am writing about something that feels scary to share because it’s personal and reveals my no-so-admirable side, but I decided to go for it because that’s what The Artist’s Way is all about, right? It can be…
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Artist’s Way Week 1
Hello–and welcome, new followers! I’m excited to write about The Artist’s Way each week for the next 12 weeks. A quick note: if you weren’t part of The Artist’s Way workshop at Denver Public Library on January 20, you can still join us for The Artist’s Way adventure. All you…
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Get Started with The Artist’s Way
On Saturday I had the most fun teaching ever at Denver Public Library’s Eugene Field Branch leading a workshop on Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. The Artist’s Way changed my life about 25 years ago, when artist Caroline Armijo told me about it. I was early in my teaching career,…
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A Found Poem About the Power of Writing
I was lucky enough to get to work with 14 amazing creative writers at Community College of Denver this semester. For their final portfolio, they have to respond to this question: Considering what you know about poetry and prose, explain the value of human expression. Why do we–humans–create literary art?…
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Write with me in 2024
I have two classes coming up! Lighthouse Writers Workshop: Poetic Forms. January 11-February 29, 2024, 1 to 3 PM each week. Register here. We’ll explore one poetic form each week, and wrap up the class by creating a brand new poetic form. This is great way to explore the building blocks of…
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Poem of the Week: Days by Phillip Larkin
What are days for? Days are where we live. They come, they wake ustime and time over.They are to be happy in;where can we live but days? Ah, solving that questionbrings the priest and the doctorin their long coatsrunning over the fields. What are days for? Days are where we…
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Stuff I’m Into: Three Terrific Audiobooks
I’ve discovered the secret to reading more, and it’s this: not reading. Kinda. It’s audiobooks. As a child and teen, I read constantly, as much as I could, during meals, in the bathtub, for entire weekends. But as an adult, I rarely sink down into a good book. I wish…
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Poem of the Week: r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r by e.e. cummings
Check out this poem here. Now that you’ve seen it, notice your emotions. I have taught this poem to poets of all ages. The most common emotional response to this poem seems to be rage, followed by determination, followed by delight. Check it out again. What words can you find?…
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Poem of the Week: We Lived Happily During the War by Ilya Kaminsky
Read the poem here. There is much to unpack in this poem, but I am a day late and a dollar short with this post. So just a few thoughts: first, this poem makes me think of the concept that guilt is a choice. It makes me think of how…
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Poem of the Week: The Summer Day by Mary Oliver
Who made the world?Who made the swan, and the black bear?Who made the grasshopper?This grasshopper, I mean-the one who has flung herself out of the grass,the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-who is gazing around…
Kimberly O'Connor 