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Let’s Write in Music 3-A U-Turn expressed in Poetry and Music

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Winding Stream Press

Like so many others who dabble in the arts, I am a multi-faceted dabbler. Born into a very musical family, I soon followed suit.  My professional musician Father who wanted an in-house accompanist egged me on.  It is impossible for … Continue reading →

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Presenting a Lesson on Empathy to Graduate Students

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Winding Stream Press

Recently Helen Shoemaker and I were asked to present a poetry lesson from our book, Leaping Off into Space: A Travel Guide to Risk and the Imagination.  The setting was a class on language arts for graduate students in education.  … Continue reading →

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The Picture as Poem

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Winding Stream Press

I have a love affair with the northern Californian coast. I’ve taken many pictures over the years.  But recently I grew tired of simply photographing and tweaking them into gift cards to sell to visitors. Visiting galleries, studying, admiring, I … Continue reading →

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Episode V-Ants on the Blacktop Weeds on the Hill

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Winding Stream Press

A poet can usually point to a defining moment when a poem leads the way into a new understanding of what poetry can be.  For me that discovery came in high school when I decided to do a paper on … Continue reading →

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Episode IV-Ants on the Blacktop Weeds on the Hill

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Winding Stream Press

I thought this would be the last episode. But it’s not. There is one more lesson to go and just to add suspense it contains one of my most memorable student poems. Episode IV The next lesson also works well … Continue reading →

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Episode III-Ants on the Blacktop Weeds on the Hill

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Winding Stream Press

I can see it was a wise decision on my part to split this article into episodes. It’s long. But I had a mission of illustrating different ways a poet-teacher could use going outside to create images. Let’s face it … Continue reading →

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Another piece of suspenseful ants

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Winding Stream Press

This is no longer holiday suspense.  Christmas and New Years have both gone.  What passes for normal is now here.  Except Christmas refuses to leave the house just yet.  The nerve of that tree just sitting there refusing to leave, … Continue reading →

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