Talking to 70 students (5th to 8th graders) about writing and poetry.
The reading on June 6th at Hilo for the 100th BR issue.
Wine and Words Celebration for Bamboo Ridge 100th Issue
Renshi is not only about linking poetic lines but also live.
A participant's view of the Volcano Renshi workshop. (See my blog).
Each group decided on the line up; the first person pulled out from an envelope a piece of paper with a line taken from No Choice but to Follow. This line was the basis of the title of the link. Each member had seven minutes to write a poem using the last line of the preceding link.
Each group decided on the line up; the first person pulled out from an envelope a piece of paper with a line taken from No Choice but to Follow. This line was the basis of the title of the link. Each member had seven minutes to write a poem using the last line of the preceding link. (By chance Doodie picked a line from the first link of NCbtF. Enjoy!
From Kate Mulgrew, his ex-wife, stealing and publishing Billy Crystal's novel, to wondering if it were better that the night be moist or sultry, to Crystal advising Annie Ross that it might be better, if you're writing a story about life on a submarine, to know the name of "the thing" into which the captian…
Just posted my link and am wondering, Is it finished?
“Story is not about getting ready, story is what happens after we leave the house.” Chris McKinney, "Snooze Button." Bamboo Ridge No. 91 I almost remember the exact moment when I read this issue of BR: I was on a lunch break at work and had wandered into Borders, I immediately moved toward the local…