Women Writing Poetry Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/category/womens-books-and-writings/women-writing-poetry/ Fri, 13 Sep 2013 08:47:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Do You Write Poetry and Prose? https://booksbywomen.org/do-you-write-poetry-and-prose/ https://booksbywomen.org/do-you-write-poetry-and-prose/#comments Fri, 13 Sep 2013 04:00:29 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=2269 Do you write poetry and prose? When we write both prose and poetry, how do these different ways of writing inform each other? Is poetry your first love? How does it inform your prose? Is prose your primary style, but you sometimes write poetry? What do you notice in shifting forms? Would love to have […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/do-you-write-poetry-and-prose/feed/ 29 2269 Writing with Dyslexia https://booksbywomen.org/writing-with-dyslexia-by-tamsinjupp/ https://booksbywomen.org/writing-with-dyslexia-by-tamsinjupp/#comments Mon, 05 Aug 2013 04:00:22 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=8816 I wasn’t diagnosed with dyslexia until I was in my twenties and at university. Apparently my tutor thought my handwriting ”looked like someone with dyslexia” and sent me off to be tested. When they confirmed I was, I purposefully didn’t look into what that meant. I didn’t want to be labelled. But as my middle child grows and […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/writing-with-dyslexia-by-tamsinjupp/feed/ 8 8816 MariJo Moore: A Woman Writer’s Interview https://booksbywomen.org/marijo-moore-a-woman-writers-interview/ https://booksbywomen.org/marijo-moore-a-woman-writers-interview/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:05:55 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=7929 MariJo – It was a pleasure to connect with you on Facebook today over the photo of the Red Tailed Hawk. I’m glad we interacted enough for me to look at your website, and you to look at Women Writers, Women Books. And thank you very much for your interest in participating, it’s especially timely […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/marijo-moore-a-woman-writers-interview/feed/ 4 7929 The Vet and the IED https://booksbywomen.org/the-vet-and-the-ied-a-dv-poem/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-vet-and-the-ied-a-dv-poem/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:05:50 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=7637 During the month of October 2012, for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we will be featuring some posts related to Domestic Violence. This one is a poem by Anora. People like to ask her if her #DV writing is based on personal experience. She answers, “What’s important to know is that it is universal.”  The Vet […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/the-vet-and-the-ied-a-dv-poem/feed/ 9 7637 Why Multi-Genre Writing Rocks! https://booksbywomen.org/why-multi-genre-writing-rocks-by-sweta-vikram/ https://booksbywomen.org/why-multi-genre-writing-rocks-by-sweta-vikram/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:50:24 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=5285 During the week of June 14-17, I was fortunate enough to win a scholarship to attend the Wesleyan Writers’ Conference. It is a program that offers the opportunity for people to meet fellow writers and learn from some of the best in the field, and I was ecstatic. But a dear friend, who is privy […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/why-multi-genre-writing-rocks-by-sweta-vikram/feed/ 13 5285 Poet On Gendercide – 100 Million Girls https://booksbywomen.org/poet-on-gendercide-100-million-girls-with-sheree-rabe/ https://booksbywomen.org/poet-on-gendercide-100-million-girls-with-sheree-rabe/#comments Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:30:15 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=5091 Continued from Part 1, Poet on Poetry – Interview with Poet and Writer Sheree Rabe You’ve recently announced a new blog site called 100MillionGirls. Tell us about learning  about the missing girls? There was a story in the news recently about a man in India who killed his three month old girl  just because he […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/poet-on-gendercide-100-million-girls-with-sheree-rabe/feed/ 4 5091 The Writer’s Ear: Hearing Prose, Poetry and Music https://booksbywomen.org/the-writers-ear-hearing-prose-poetry-and-music-by-jo-carroll/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-writers-ear-hearing-prose-poetry-and-music-by-jo-carroll/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:46:01 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=3603 UK Author Jo Carroll very kindly responded to our question about how poetry and prose influenced each other in your writing. I have a diffuse boundary between poetry and prose. I know that one informs the other, but I’ve never tried to define that, nor explain it – even to myself – in a coherent […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/the-writers-ear-hearing-prose-poetry-and-music-by-jo-carroll/feed/ 1 3603 Reciprocal Influences in Poetry and Prose https://booksbywomen.org/reciprocal-influences-in-poetry-and-prose-by-abi-burlingham/ https://booksbywomen.org/reciprocal-influences-in-poetry-and-prose-by-abi-burlingham/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:06:54 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=2540 I’ve been trying to identify the driving force behind my writing. It is not an easy thing to do when you have been writing for so long. In fact, in trying to identify this I’ve come to realise that it has changed, and perhaps will continue to change. Perhaps this is the way for all […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/reciprocal-influences-in-poetry-and-prose-by-abi-burlingham/feed/ 12 2540 Making Connections: Buses, Weaving and Poetry https://booksbywomen.org/making-connections-buses-weaving-and-poetry-by-sue-orton/ https://booksbywomen.org/making-connections-buses-weaving-and-poetry-by-sue-orton/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:10:23 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=2462 When is the last time you sat on a bus or a train? I’m on a London bus just now. I find public transport a great place to brew and gather material for creative projects. Let me show you. The bus is a 106 from Stoke Newington to Finsbury Park, swinging round corners, barely pausing […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/making-connections-buses-weaving-and-poetry-by-sue-orton/feed/ 1 2462 Aluine’s Gardens by C. Murray https://booksbywomen.org/aluines-gardens-a-poem-by-c-murray/ https://booksbywomen.org/aluines-gardens-a-poem-by-c-murray/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:17:03 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=2034 Before the house behind the sea, a garden. Before the mountain behind the house, a circuit of trees. Before the small house behind the grey sea, A strip of  lawn enclosed with box. Before the tall mountain behind those six white walls of house, rows of young alders a circuit make. Before the house of tree […]

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