Ways to make sweet tea: Use a poem

by CeresB, flickr If you did not know, I write poetry. Many writers started with poetry, and later returned to poetry after establishing their literary lives or they maintained a separate poetic life on the side.  I am not going to show you how to write a poem/love poem, I think I’ll address that in another post. Yet if you have not used one before, here are a few ways to use this concise but powerful...

Ah…, poetry,the month of April

This month is National Poetry Month.  As a parent or a teacher, this month is a good time  to introduce your child or student to the world of poetry.  If you are an adult, the month provides the opportunity to introduce yourself to poetry, a new poem, an old poet, a poetry slam, or a stanza.  Many writers like novelists have confessed that poetry is their first love. I remember the first time I wrote poetry. ...