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Writer Mendy Knott's website…. Sep 2, 2013 -. Detail of Kindness by Gina Percifull. And not because there will be rewards in heaven. We must, like Leigh’s brother with his wife, treat our work tenderly and open our hearts to life and the love of life and whatever art work we have taken on, and do what comes naturally to us–create. We must do this work even when it breaks our hearts. That is a labor of love. Aug 22, 2013 -. The Discovery of Poetry A Brief Review. I know I need a book that will inspire and...
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Writer Mendy Knott's website…. Mar 27, 2012 -. Why bother, you may well ask, risking rejection when you have a perfectly good place to read your work to an appreciative audience every month? Isn’t that enough for most writers? Recently, I worked long and hard on a policing essay (see the earlier post. Short of pulling our hair out or beating our heads against a brick wall, how do we deal with rejection? Or anyone you ever even heard of? That’s my point. Mar 8, 2012 -. The credit for inspiring Leigh Wilke...
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Writer Mendy Knott's website…. Apr 1, 2016 -. April Fools, It’s 30 in 30! Out soaking up rays one day, using the rest of the firewood the next. There are a couple of things you can count on come April: someone will play an April Fool’s joke on you when you least expect it because you forget it is April 1st. And there’s the certainty, if you’re a poet, that someone will challenge you to take the dare: Let’s do a 30 in 30. Been a fool in April. ABC’s for an April Fool by Mendy Knott. Feb 24, 2016 -. I thin...
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Writer Mendy Knott's website…. Jan 18, 2015 -. The Trouble With Ducks Part 2. Fiona leads Glenda and Molly out to play. 8220;More trouble with ducks,” you say? Good grief. When will we get out of this metaphor? Well, let’s bring it down to size. There would be no “Little Lazarus,” no Limbertwig Press, no Jane Voorhees calendars or cards. Get the Blog Posts by Email. Enter your email address:. Buy Mendy’s latest book! Support you favorite hillpoet by purchasing your book here! Blog Posts on Facebook.
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Writer Mendy Knott's website…. Feb 20, 2015 -. It May Look Like Crap, But…. Fear is so common we don’t even call it that anymore. Apprehension, worry, defense strategy, self-protection, etc. In me it often looks like anger but only if I’m really freaked out. If I feel pushed or cornered or criticized around this new thing I’ve taken on, I am likely to shove back, shout, say “Get out of my face! I already do one thing well! How can we ask someone else to do it when. Haven’t done it? I hope you can see the...
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Writer Mendy Knott's website…. Jul 31, 2015 -. I return to John Fox and his book, Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making. As I work this book, I continue to find much that needs reviewing in my life. The reward for doing the work is usually a poem I either need to write or that I actually like having written. One does not necessarily follow the other. One of his examples is a poem by Judy Grahn (one of the truly under-valued poets of our time). I want you to have it in front of you. Beca...Barle...
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Writer Mendy Knott's website…. Jan 9, 2015 -. The Power in Perspective. With humility, for one thing. But also with determination and commitment. (I blame the ducks. They are so darn cute! I wanted to capture them with drawings, not just words.). I wanted to get back to that pure state many artists and Buddhists refer to as “Beginner’s Mind.”. Beginner’s mind is actually common to all of us. Remember back in elementary school? It was a miracle! A whole new world, and thousands of books, opened up. I do h...
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Writer Mendy Knott's website…. Feb 7, 2015 -. Inspiration from Rod McKuen(? 8220;If you go away on this summer day. Then you might as well take the sun away. All the birds that flew in a summer sky. When our love was new and our hearts were high. When the day was young and the night was long. And the moon stood still for the nightbird’s song. If you go away. Ne me quitté pas. If you go away. Ne me quitté pas”. From Rod McKuen’s “If You Go Away”. Influenced by author-friend Jan Morrill’s post,. He sold ov...
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Writer Mendy Knott's website…. Mar 6, 2015 -. A Clock, A Bottle, A Matchstick Holder. 8220;Every picture tells a story, don’t it? In the process of telling me about his building skills, I also learned that Uncle Howard raised a baby blue jay as a pet that would sit on his shoulder and come and go as he pleased. Beside the point? March 7, 2015 at 8:15 pm. I love reading these posts. And now I know where to go for a matchbox. I unplugged the power to my stovetop, as I’d come home and the igni...Trudy Harri...
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Writer Mendy Knott's website…. Jul 2, 2015 -. Nothing but green in the garden now, if you don’t count the sleek black and white ducks asleep beneath the collards. I am relieved when they curl into a downy patchwork quilt there. In my mind they are safe and unseen from both land and sky. They seem comfortable hidden under thick wide leaves, stretched out in the rich, damp soil. July 2, 2015 at 1:12 pm. Thank you, Mendy. Sweet solace. Get the Blog Posts by Email. Enter your email address:.
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