by Minerva Rising Contributor | Apr 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
In the past two years, as I have revised and reworked my manuscript of poems, “Confluence,” I have thought seriously about principles. I have thought about ordering principles and about the principled act of walking outside each day. I think of the Midwest, of...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Apr 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
It was a white winter Sunday when we followed the turkey tracks along the bank of a spring-fed stream. As my partner and I trekked the trails of Walla Hi Park we had been diligently following all winter, we decide to deviate from the hiking path. We pointed the...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Apr 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
We learn halfway through Creative Writing 101 to write about not only what we know, but also about what fascinates and intrigues us, even what thrills or terrifies us. Lyric poets learn quickly to color outside the lines, moving beyond broken hearts and changes of...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Apr 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Do painters overdose on paint? Do bakers tire of flour; do gardeners get sick to death of dirt? I wonder this, as I lie in bed in the early morning, thinking about how I travel through my days gorging on words.We live in a wide, fast-moving torrent, a Columbia, a...
by minervarising | Apr 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Women are natural jugglers. We are taught to multi-task; in fact, we are often told we are better at it than our male counterparts. Of course we have heard the refrain, “you can have it all.” As women writers, we steal time for our writing away from other pursuits,...
