Sentences with phrase «poetry writing came»

Now I know that sixty is supposed to be the new forty, but my mother was dead at the age of 67 and my father's poetry writing came to a halt when he was in his late 70s and entered the beginning stages of Alzheimer's, so in actuarial terms, life really was too short.

Not exact matches

But when I sat down to write, all that came out of me was poetry.

I told him she lives in a magical farmhouse in the Hudson Valley with her family and still writes terrific stories for kids (like this one and this one), and that she has a new beautiful book of poetry coming out about which I'm so excited.

Im very family and friend orientated, I love writing poetry and music is a HUGE part of my life, I love children, Im fun, random, emotional, the person my friends come to when they need...

i write poetry, enjoy fishing, swimming, camping, canoeing, if you wan na know more, come talk to me will be glad to share

* I'm eccentric * I'm a hippy at heart * I love learning new things * Shoes are my weakness * I write poetry * Music is my reason for existence * I love the look of nature... but the bugs that come along with it can go to hell!

When it comes to writing the poetry that Kalindra recites, Murray knows how to do more with less; he needs to apply that lesson to his filmmaking, too.

Dana's dad (John Turturro), a failed playwright who's settled for a copywriting gig, has always been the «good cop» when it's come to policing family squabbles, but he's not doing such a hot job of hiding the (awful) erotic poetry he's writing for his mistress.

Maybe his statement that he hates poetry comes from this early singsong, and I realize as I write this that I'm beginning to engage in theatre critique rather than film criticism.

Her kids at John T. Waugh Elementary School write different types of poetry, including question poems that ponder where a seashell came from or why sea turtles eat grass.

The problem is that children's experience of poetry is so dominated by rhyme that when they come to write, they are distracted by the need to create rhyming couplets.

When it comes to understanding difficult moments in history, poetry and writing can help students process and express their own thoughts about the world.

Like her poetry, mostly written for adults, Nye's prose comes from deep within a heart that believes, more that anything else, in the power of human connection.

I've spent five decades writing poetry, paying close attention to first and last lines, so they do come when I call them.

My writing style is a little different especially when it comes to poetry.

When it comes to poetry I always write the entire poem on the spot.

There are two ways to write a poetry book: gather your written poetry into a book or come up with a concept for a book and write new poetry for it.

I find it especially exciting that in Cyprus it comes in just behind poetry as the predominant mode of published literary writing.

Maxine Beneba Clarke came to fiction through poetry, both written and spoken word.

For poetry written by children themselves, use Come and Play, edited by Ayana Lowe, and Jump, edited by Valerie Chow Bush.

In writing this up, and in the 8 months since, have you come across any new platforms or genius formatting wizzes who can format line - break poetry across the digital spectrum?

When it comes to writing, Elizabeth has been shortlisted in the following competitions: Francis MacManus 2013 (Short Story), Penguin / RTE Guide 2013 (short story), Powers / Irish Times 2013 (flash fiction), Writing.ie / Anam cara 2013 & 2012 (flash fiction), Writers & Artists / Anam Cara 2013 (flash fiction) and Aesthetica Creative Works 2011 (poetry).

Here is a list of some of the contests I've come across since writing full - time, but there are many more to explore as well, for different genres, non-fiction, and poetry.

You don't have to come up with extra short fiction; you can write poetry, prose, non-fiction or fantasy.

Bloggers, journalists, copywriters, novelists, poetry writers, ghost writers and even students have benefited from technological advancements when it comes to writing speed.

Short fiction writing won't be your only means of exercising — you might try poetry or writing prompts — but it is an excellent way to explore ideas, develop and hone skills, and potentially come away from the exercise with more than just improved writing skills.

I suppose the inspiration to write my novel came from the publication of my poetry book, after years of writing the odd poem here and there and losing some in the process, I decided to self - publish.

There I would write poetry at a university as un-poetic as they come, its Soviet - style architecture unquestionably ugly even when it had been erected in 1963.