Gyroscope Review

Year: 2019

  • Spin Poetry from your Dreams

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    Constance Brewer
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    Poetry Triggers – Dreams by Elya Braden, Gyroscope Review Assistant Editor Many famous writers have used their dreams as inspiration for their writing, including Edgar Allen Poe for The Raven and Mary Shelley for Frankenstein. Often, when I sit down to write a poem based on a past experience, my initial writing is “too linear.”…

  • The Gift of Poetry This Holiday Season

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    Constance Brewer
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    From Newborn Stars to Old Woman Moon: The 2019 Year-End Anthology Gyroscope Review is pleased to once again present our year-end anthology of fine contemporary poetry just in time for your holiday shopping. This year’s offering, From Newborn Stars to Old Woman Moon, shares the work of all 158 poets who appeared in our pages…

  • Poetry Triggers – Music

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    Constance Brewer
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    What flips you over into a poetry mindset? A word, a smell, a glimpse of a sunset over the mountains, the feel of sand while walking on a beach? Many times, for me, it’s a song. It could be the music or the words, but the winning combination is usually the right mix of intelligent…

  • THE WRITING LIFE: TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY

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    Constance Brewer
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    Being a writer and editor means spending a lot of time in front of a computer. When there’s an opportunity to take these skills out into the community, far away from the familiarity of one’s own desk, it’s important to take it. I’ve been lucky to have had three such opportunities this fall, all very…

  • Great Openings in Poetry

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    Constance Brewer
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    Instead of telling you of my trials and tribulations pertaining to the writing of multiple poems per week, I thought instead I’d discuss some of my influences – a poet whose work I admire, a poet I read for inspiration, a poet who piss me off because I will never, ever be able to turn…

  • The Crone Power Issue

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    Constance Brewer
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    We are extremely pleased with the new issue of Gyroscope Review that we offer you today. The Crone Power Issue contains 50 poems by 50 women poets over the age of 50. Their voices and their poems offer a broad range of what a mature woman in today’s world looks like. How she defines herself.…