In January, we asked Minerva Rising contributors what comforts them, or conversely, what they removed from their lives, what’s made them uncomfortable. I decided to make my own short list of what comforts me, to join in: * That I could name your mind everywhere...
Think carefully about that word — re-vision. When you set out to revise a piece, if you open yourself to what the piece is trying to say to you, the process becomes about so much more than what Natalie Goldberg calls “pencil work.” Get past the...
As the year winds down to a close, I find myself ruminating on a few buzzwords of 2014. Happiness. Courage. Challenge. Creativity. What do all they all have in common? Expansion. Living the richness and fullness of everything this human experience has to offer. I hope...
Rejection has been my middle name lately when it comes to submitting poetry to literary journals. But apparently, according to more experienced poets, that’s a good thing. One poet emailed me, “If you’re not getting rejected 95% of the time,...
CREATING OURSELVES AS WORKS OF ART – or – Telling the Mental Monkey-Bullies to Go Suck Eggs Have you ever read something so fan-DAMN-tastic that you thought to yourself, Well, Self, that’s it. Hang up your hat because you will never write anything that...
My dear poets, You still have time to send us your wonderfully crafted chapbook manuscripts for Minerva Rising’s “Dare to Be” chapbook contest judged by the poet Heather McHugh. I’ve written three poetry chapbooks and have learned some lessons...
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