It is the end of National Poetry Month today, and while I wrote not a single poem for the month, I have been busy chiseling away at my memoir-in-essays, which has its own sort of lyricism and poetic turns, and that totally counts, right? I have done much to celebrate poetry in April, however, givingContinue reading “April Showers”
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Festival of Faith and Writing, Writing Process, and Writing Writing. Writing.
This week I am heading north to the big mitten for the Calvin College Festival of Faith and Writing. I am looking forward to giving a presentation on “Poetry as Worship, Poetry in Worship: Inviting Creativity into the Worship Experience” – and with a title like that, who could skip it, right? I’m also moderatingContinue reading “Festival of Faith and Writing, Writing Process, and Writing Writing. Writing.”
Haiku for Kindergarteners
Tomorrow I’m going to Lydia’s kindergarten class to talk a little about poetry. Her teacher is pretty stinkin’ awesome at everything, but one of the things I love is that the kids typically have a poem homework assignment each week where they read and analyze the poem for syllables, sounds, and rhymes. Since it’s NationalContinue reading “Haiku for Kindergarteners”
