Make SFGATE a preferred source so your search results prioritize writing by actual people, not AI. Add Preferred Source Some people seem surprised by the idea that poets do any thinking at all. There ...
With schools on the verge of opening soon, I'm getting into the didactic spirit too. For poets and for devotees of poetry, here are 17 assumptions about poetry and poetic form that I keep in mind when ...
Scenes from the Mayor's Tree Lighting and Holiday Show on Park Central Square in Springfield on Nov. 18, 2023. Hundreds of writing workshops into my long career, I'm still amazed by one particular ...
“I’ve looked at pictures, slides my parents took afterwards, and remember how gray and cold and dreary England was in comparison to the vibrant colors of Africa,” said Mark Ford. Born in Nairobi, ...
Where are the boundaries between adjacent literary forms? When does prose become poetry, poetry become song, song become theater? These bounds are collapsing as contemporary artists experiment. Though ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Hundreds of writing workshops into my long career, I'm still amazed by one particular phenomenon: Whenever I give a single writing prompt to a group of people — of any age! — they will always come up ...
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