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You are always a writer: motivation

June 3, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Are you unable to write? Don’t worry if you fear you've lost motivation. I don't know who said it, but "writing is like a disease. It may go into remission, but it never leaves you." This sounds … Continue reading >>

What, Why, How: Andrew Collard on his poetry collection, Sprawl

November 6, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I write poetry! My first book of poems, Sprawl, won the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize and was recently published by Ohio University Press. Sprawl is about life in the metropolis of southeast … Continue reading >>

Sarah Carson answers What, Why, How with poetry

October 23, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: This neighborhood, our boulevards, neighbor boys’ whose long legs count cement stoops, whose daddies warm motorcycles on the driveway, whose mommas can’t leave their card tables, … Continue reading >>

What, Why, How: Lauren M. Davis

June 12, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I write poetry in contemporary free-verse with influences of both ancient folklores and modern abstracts. I often use the natural world to find answers and connections to the themes in my … Continue reading >>

Dress like a Poet for National Poetry Month

April 3, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

The Red Scarf: A dear poet friend laughed as she told me the story of feeling a little chilly went she went to the gym. She wore her red scarf while working out, just until she warmed up. Someone … Continue reading >>

What, Why, How: Hiram Larew, poet and activist

March 20, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What? What’s my poetry? Well, it’s slanted. It’s made of roundabout and surprise. And, it’s surely implied rather than outright. I’ve always relished, even worshipped, the unexpected in … Continue reading >>

Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line