Tag: essay

  • Crones: They’re Not Just for Halloween

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    Constance Brewer
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                    In honor of the current special theme for Gyroscope Review, “The Crone Issue”, let’s talk a bit about the theme. When we put out the call, we decided to limit it to an underserved section of the population, women and those that identify as women over the…

  • Telling Little Stories

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    Constance Brewer
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                      Now it’s time for another pass through your poem, the final pass if you’re confident, one of many final passes if you’re an incessant tinkerer. (Not that I would know anything about that ….) If you find yourself skimming through the poem, or feel sick of…

  • Our Parents/Ourselves

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    Constance Brewer
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    Considering it is just after Mother’s Day, with Father’s Day looming on the horizon, I thought I’d talk about writing poems about parents. We get a lot of those type of poems at Gyroscope Review. It’s an important topic as poets work through their feelings about parents and the past – and sometimes the future.…

  • Free Verse Is Not a Free For All

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    Constance Brewer
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    Since today is Memorial Day, and Freedom is on my mind — “Free Verse Poetry, what’s that all about?” A question from a friend who is often bewildered by modern poetry in general. She likes reading it, but was raised in the grand tradition of Poetry That Rhymes. Don’t get me wrong, I love Shakespeare,…