Poetry Exercise Responding to Published Poems “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.” — T.S. Eliot Pick a poem to read and analyze...

Poetry Come Muse, migrate from Greece and Ionia, Cross out please those immensely overpaid accounts… — Walt Whitman Lot’s Wife The just...

The Controlling Metaphor What She Wanted was my bones. As I gave them to her one at a time she put them in a bag from Saks. As long as I...

Concrete Noun Poem Under the shaded maple tree I stared out at the field of fuchsia flowers, as the sweet scent of my vanilla candle...

(Tentative) Layout of Blog Content Please see the contents below. I’ll update the Table of Contents each time I have post to help guide...

Poetry Exercise A Process for Recovering Memories Sit down with your notebook and jot down a few words or phrases for each memory that...

Study and write imaginatively in a variety of genres--play and screenwriting, short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Read and...

Two Truths and A Lie: I lived on a hobby farm with horses; I have given feedback to a published author, and I’ve been to two continents.

I’m the witch of this pristine country estate, aka the writer of this blog. You can call me Ashley (she/her).