Tag: inspiration

  • Taking Inspiration by Force

    Taking Inspiration by Force

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    Constance Brewer
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    Although I’ve been writing poetry as best I can of late, I felt my output wasn’t where it should be. The state of the world had me flummoxed. My poems were scattered in theme and many felt unfinished even when completed— a sort of bookish throat-clearing that happens periodically as I flail about, searching. I…

  • 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…

  • Wild Places for Wild Poets

    Wild Places for Wild Poets

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    Today is the anniversary of the creation of Yellowstone National Park. Established on March 1, 1872, Yellowstone was the first national park in the world, a place set aside as a public park…for the benefit and enjoyment of the people (wording from The Yellowstone National Park Protection Act). In thinking about this place, a place…