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What, Why, How: Adrienne S. Wallner

March 15, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I am a poet.  I also write non-fiction, travel writing, and am an avid journal keeper.  Most of my published work is poetry.  I write much about the natural world, the National … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: journaling, nature, poetry

Blizzard: a poem

December 28, 2020 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Blizzard by Linda Pastan the snowhas forgottenhow to stopit fallsstutteringat the glassa silk windsockof snowblowingunder the porch lighttangling treeswhich bendlike old womensnarledin their … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Being Human Tagged With: blizzard, linda pastan, poetry

What, Why, How: Patricia Clark

December 14, 2020 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

poetry patricia clark

What? I write poetry. Well, I've also written a few short stories and published them. But poetry is my main genre. Why? I'm really compelled by two things with poetry: its emotional … Continue reading >>

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What, Why, How: Cindy Frenkel

June 22, 2020 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: The Plague of the Tender-Hearted is a small book of poems, which is part of a larger collection. It mostly centers around the biggest events of my life:  my youngest brother's … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Grief and Loss, What, Why, How: Inside Writing Tagged With: poet, poetry, poetry chapbook

How to Make a Literary Scarf

June 10, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

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Lovers of the written word: The late Mary Oliver's poetry is both brilliant, down to earth, and so often quoted. I've seen literary scarves with text from Pride and Prejudice, Alice in Wonderland, … Continue reading >>

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What, Why, How: Mary Jo Firth Gillett

April 15, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: Since the earliest days, I’ve been drawn to language, the sound of consonant, vowel, syllable.  My parents made a recording of me at three reciting nursery rhyme after nursery rhyme in … Continue reading >>

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