I read Emily Perl Kingsley’s story “Welcome to Holland” again today after my good friend Deb Wuethrich brought it up while talking about the new book Cup of Comfort for Parents of Children With Special Needs. I hadn’t read Kingsley’s story in years, not since my daughter, Kiki, who was born with a rare form [...]
Archive for April, 2009
What Holland Feels Like 11 Years Later
Posted in family, life, tagged family, kids, life, special needs on April 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Readings all the time
Posted in writing, tagged Bret Lott, fiction, writers on Youtube, writing on April 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So, while millions of people are clicking on Susan Boyle’s video, I noticed Bret Lott didn’t get quite as big an audience. It makes sense that writers would be on Youtube, I’d just never really considered looking for them there. I live to hear writers and poets read their own work. [...]
More Poetry Month
Posted in life, poetry, writing, tagged poem in your pocket, poetry, poetry month, Robert Fanning on April 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
What I love about April, along with the sun and greenery, is that there is so much poetry in the air. Finally, after so many years, it seems that there is a little more buzz about National Poetry Month than in past years. It also comes with many opportunities to hear poetry read and to [...]
Magico Finestra
Posted in art, life, poetry, writing, tagged art, MFA Creative Writing, poetry, sculpture, writing on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a poem I wrote rather quickly that was inspired by the sculpture in Tecumseh called Magico Finestra. I judged a contest in Tecumseh of poems that were inspired by any of the sculptures currently up around Tecumseh. The sculptures are changing soon, but I was captivated by the way the window looked to [...]
