Month: May 2015
Musical Artifact (Found) Prompt
When I moved into my house, an old piano had been left behind. It wasn’t until some time had passed that I realized that the piano bench contained dozens of music books and sheet music selections. These formed a time capsule of sorts, from the 1960’s. (I added a few newer pieces too, like the Into the Woods score you can see in the picture.)
I’ve shown these to friends and students, with the challenge: Write a poem or story that incorporates the artifact as an image or “prop.” Use some words found in the music. The prompt has been very successful. It may be self-evident that one might use one’s own artifacts as prompts for writing, but using found artifacts brings in some “wildcard” elements. People really enjoyed handling the artifacts and reading the music and the lyrics.
Homophonic Translation Directions
Love this explanation of homophonic translation from dVerse poets pub.
http://dversepoets.com/2014/08/26/poetics-homophonic-translations/
Review (of Anne Higgins) in Peeking Between the Pages
Texture author Anne Higgins’ Reconnaissance has been reviewed here–
Riggs Review of The Girl at the End of the World II
Here’s Tp author Don Riggs’s detailed review in Future Fire of The Girl at the End of the World II., edited by Adele Wearing.
http://reviews.futurefire.net/2015/04/wearing-girl-at-end-of-world-2.html#more