For National Poetry Month, I’ll be sharing a writing prompt each day. The prompt will be inspired by the poem-a-day on poets.org. Today’s poem is here: https://poets.org/poem/when-night-draws-remembering-keeps-me-wakeful?mc_cid=cfb52de157&mc_eid=f9ff4f27c3… Read more “National Poetry Month – Day 1”
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TO ALL THE HEARTS TOO BROKEN TO LOVE ME AND MY HOMIES:
may you be lifted from this poverty may you know water’s sweet crystalline dew may you feel a sun rise within you hot and bright enough to… Read more “TO ALL THE HEARTS TOO BROKEN TO LOVE ME AND MY HOMIES:”
There Will Probably Be Crying Workbook & Journal: Suggested Reading Companion
As you make your way through the workbook, these poems & texts might be useful companions and inspiration. This is a living doc with links – I… Read more “There Will Probably Be Crying Workbook & Journal: Suggested Reading Companion”
we all want the same thing:
to love and be loved, fully, freely, long for safety for our selves for our loved ones even ones we struggle to love (especially if you are… Read more “we all want the same thing:”
There Will Probably Be Crying: A Reading
Join us for a livestream reading on Saturday, October 17. 5 PM Pacific / 6 PM Mountain / 7 PM Central / 8 PM Eastern.
The Laughing Barrel Must Have Been Cobalt Blue
Under the shadow of a headline looking too much like our children, we tucked and folded and gathered ourselves and each other into the skirt of my… Read more “The Laughing Barrel Must Have Been Cobalt Blue”
An ever-unfolding story.
Dear ones, The last year has been a mighty journey. For those of you who have shown me kindness and support through the rises and falls, Thank… Read more “An ever-unfolding story.”
2018 National Poetry Month
I hope your writing/reading/contemplating is coming along swimmingly this National Poetry Month! If you’re looking for inspiration, I’m posting daily prompts over here: https://www.facebook.com/suziqsmithpoet
Poetry: Death by Definition
Poetry is dead. A quick Google search of that phrase will deliver a host of articles, websites, and journals that will confirm this. In terms of book… Read more “Poetry: Death by Definition”