My Grandmother's Love Letters by Hart Crane There are no stars tonight But those of memory. Yet how much room for memory there is In the loose girdle of soft rain. There is even room enough For the letters of my mother's mother, Elizabeth, That have been pressed so long Into a corner of the roof That they are brown and soft, And liable to melt as snow. Over the … [Read more...] about Poetry Discussion: My Grandmother’s Love Letters
Writing Exercises
Weekly Writing Exercises
Welcome to our weekly writing exercises page. We were publishing these as single posts, but we've found putting them all on one page is beneficial and easier for everyone. So each week you can stop by this page for new writing exercises and prompts. We are going to do out best to keep these up to date, and to add one each week. They will be listed from news (at the top) to … [Read more...] about Weekly Writing Exercises
Poetry Discussion: A Valentine by Edgar Allan Poe
Every week we are doing a poetry discussion. Right now we are only getting about one response a week, but lots of people are lookin' at the page. Jump in guys. Let's talk about this poem! Just say what you think, or make an observation. We are not looking for anything spectacular, but a little participation is really all we are hoping for. Read the poem leave your comment … [Read more...] about Poetry Discussion: A Valentine by Edgar Allan Poe
Poetry Discussion: Kubla Khan
Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round; And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree; And … [Read more...] about Poetry Discussion: Kubla Khan
Thanksgiving Flavored 2 Sentence Story Challenge
2 Sentence Story Challenge I like getting at least one poetry and one short story writing challenge going at a time. We've started the Cinquain Challenge for poetry, and now I'm starting the Thanksgiving Flavored 2 Sentence Story Challenge. I would like to get as many 2 sentence short stories for our next issue of Every Writer, as I can. We like to use the stories … [Read more...] about Thanksgiving Flavored 2 Sentence Story Challenge
Poetry Discussions: The World Is Too Much With Us by William Wordsworth
The World Is Too Much With Us by William Wordsworth The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers, For … [Read more...] about Poetry Discussions: The World Is Too Much With Us by William Wordsworth
