#poetry

10 Things To Do on a Snow Day

Where I live in Loudoun County, the snow is falling thickly. According to the forecast, we are supposed to get up to 10 inches, which is...

Try This: Ode to Childhood Junk Food

In the last six-week session of Writing from the Heart, one of our favorite prompts was this: Write about your favorite childhood junk...

Try This: The List Poem

A lot of people are frightened by the very idea of writing a poem, and who can blame them? Visions of high school English papers dripping...

Try This: Mood Ring Poem

Every now and then I find a writing prompt that is so much fun it requires wider sharing. Mood Ring, from Writing from the Senses: 59...

What Does Your Wild Heart Desire?

Last Monday afternoon was the first meeting in 2016 of “Writing from the Heart,” a women’s AWA workshop in Purcellville. I like to start...