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sardined: May 2006

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I'm in here somewhere! Wednesday, May 31, 2006. Well, I've wasted little time in my search for employment! I sent a resume and cover letter out last night, got a call in the morning, and had an interview this afternoon. It was for a position in Marketing, more or less. I think it went well. I was there, being interviewed, for. They are going to call me back tomorrow morning to let me know when I can come back to meet the owner. I actually liked it. We'll see what happens. Posted by lorguru @ 8:15 PM.

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USING FAIRY TALE, MYTH AND LEGEND IN YOUR POETRY. August 27, 2016. Harold Washington Library, 400 S State Street, Room 3rd Floor-6N. Often poetry can be enriched by the use of fairy tales, legends or myths. The workshop leaders will provide some examples and give hints on productive ways of using these cultural resources, and will critique participant poems. The Hag Advises the Pretty Girl. Knowledge exists as much in the leaf. As in the blood – good is hidden in the form. You say you cannot sleep alone.

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WestWard Quarterly, The Magazine of Family Reading: Shirley Anne Leonard, Editor - Submission Guidelines

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Archive of Back Issues. Poetry by Shirley Anne Leonard. R C Leonard, Author. Hamilton, Illinois 62341 USA. Marsha Ward, Author. Illinois State Poetry Society. Richard Leonard's Rail Archive. Click here for a PDF version in a separate window. Publishing and Submission Schedule. Is published in January, April, July and October. The deadlines for submissions for each issue are as follows: Winter—October 31; Spring—January 31; Summer—April 30; Fall—July 31. Postal submissions should be sent to Shirley Anne L...

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Wilda Morris's Poetry Challenge: October 2014

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Wilda Morris's Poetry Challenge. Tuesday, October 21, 2014. October 2014 Poetry Challenge Winner. Zinnias (Photo ©. The October Poetry Challenge was judged by Mary Jo Balistreri, whose poem was used as the prompt this month. She selected "Beautiful Things," by Jenene Ravesloot, who is winner for the second consecutive month. Fresh-cut stiff stemmed zinnias straight from. The garden, dome-shaped yellow zinnias, multi-. Colored zinnias, red zinnias with single rows. In a tall glass vase. Photo of Grandmoth...

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Wilda Morris's Poetry Challenge: June 2015

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Wilda Morris's Poetry Challenge. Monday, June 29, 2015. June 2015 Challenge Winner - A River Poem. Charlotte Digregorio, the judge for the June Poetry Challenge selected “Flow, River, Flow” by Carole Mertz as the winning poem. Mertz interpreted “river poem” in a unique and creative way. Flow, River, Flow. I haven’t ridden on swift-flowing rafts,. But I’ve been swept along in waters. Splayed by many a writer’s crafts. I’ve travelled torrents in books. As varied and bright. As my rich reading nooks. Check ...

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Wilda Morris's Poetry Challenge: February 2015

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Wilda Morris's Poetry Challenge. Wednesday, February 25, 2015. My American University Coffee Mug. Balistreri picked “Barista:” by Caroline Johnson as winner. Henry says the Lakota called it black medicine. I can imagine Black Elk drinking from a gourd,. Huddling around a teepee with a peace pipe. Sometime in July when the cherries are ripe. Henry looks at each customer with green eyes. Full of gourmet hot chocolate and caramel mochas. He moves his arms across the espresso machine,. The line is long:.

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Wilda Morris's Poetry Challenge: August 2014

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Wilda Morris's Poetry Challenge. Thursday, August 28, 2014. Finally a Winner - A Poem about an Iconic Structure. Richard had commented in his email, “. Here is my poem based on the iconic churches of St. Denis and Chartres, a suggestion of the inspiration for Gothic architecture, with its opening up of space and light, replacing Romanesque.” Here is his poem:. The Abbot in Autumn. Abbot Suger surely stood. Beneath an aisle of ancient trees. And marveled at its height,. Its rise and great limbs arching.

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Wilda Morris's Poetry Challenge: April 2015

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Wilda Morris's Poetry Challenge. Wednesday, April 22, 2015. April 2015 Poetry Challenge Winner - a Bee Poem. The judge for the April, selected a haiku as the winning poem. Congratulations to Georgiann Foley! Sun slips as crowned thistle sways. Lulls bumblebee silent still. Clinging to purple heaven. Georgiann Foley is the owner of this poem. Please do not copy and distribute it without her permission. Bumblebee silent still . Still clinging to purple heaven,. DuPage Arts Life,. And Seeding the Snow.

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Wilda Morris's Poetry Challenge: July Challenge Winner - An Advice Poem

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Wilda Morris's Poetry Challenge. Friday, July 31, 2015. July Challenge Winner - An Advice Poem. The winning poem in the July Poetry Challenge uses a metaphor from soccer to advise a young poet. It is a fairly complex metaphor, but then soccer and the writing of poetry are complex, each in its own way. Here is the winning poem:. Advice to a Young Poet. You don’t have to love. But know it will be your. Hit readers with the shine. Of new currency, or tarnish. The dank water of a well. You feel it,. The judg...