I start teaching a new camp for UH Downtown called Wonder Words to rising fourth through rising sixth graders. After…
Continue reading →Creative Writing Camp
Creative Writing Camp is always a delight. Coming up with writing prompts for young children exercises my own creativity, but…
Continue reading →A blues poem.
And so I stand here waiting Waiting for the right choice to appear Wondering hoping the way will come crystal…
Continue reading →How to Train a Writer
1. Stand them up straight and have them say, “I am a writer.” 2. Take away all electronics. 3. Sit them…
Continue reading →A story about a drummer.
Once upon a time there was a drummer. He carried his drum on his back across the United States, one…
Continue reading →The drum beats on.
“Like a wisp of smoke around the fire– And the tom-toms beat And the tom-toms beat And the low beating…
Continue reading →Lean on Me
Lean on Me, a songwriting exercise That’s why there’s a phone Just click on my name And then I’ll come…
Continue reading →Readers in the flesh
I hadn’t had much time to practice my reading, just about twenty minutes in the dark, whispering while my toddler…
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ARTlines: a national ekphrastic poetry competition for writers to be inspired by art
Before my good friend, Christa Forster, posted the corresponding event at the MFAH on Facebook, I don’t think I’d ever…
Continue reading →Writers in the Schools: Night WrITerS Workshop
When I walked upstairs to the private room that would be the workshop venue, I realized I had no idea…
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