Tag: poems
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Oh What a World in Which I Can Write Poems about Swimming with Sharks
Last April, I signed on to do the Writer’s Digest Poem A Day Challenge, and I blogged about it on here. For each day in April, I wrote a poem. The challenge coincides with National Poetry Month. The writer directing the challenge, Robert Lee Brewer, posted daily prompts for us to use, or not use.…
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The Joy of Jumping Boundaries with Flash Fiction
I write flash fiction. It is a relatively new genre, differentiated predominately by its brevity. A flash piece should generally be less than 1,000 words. Most stories are in the 300-800 word range. Flash fiction can feel constricting. The writer must construct a narrative arc in a very brief amount of space. In other ways,…
