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​Hello Writing Friends!  WE ARE STILL ALIVE AND KICKIN!
Even though I have taken a break from posting on the blog, the live writing sessions continue! 

​Thank you for your great emails, writing samples, and inquiries to join a live writing group in recent months.  If you have not heard from me yet, you will soon! Or feel free to send off another email, using the CONTACT link above.  In the meantime, I hope you were able to find something inspiring or motivating in the archives to keep your writing practice moving.  Don't forget the ARTchives, too! 

It's time to look back and take stock of the work we've done. Tell me, what your top 5 favorite posts/writing prompts are on PoetryBones.com?  Let us know in the comments section.  Or  share via email by clicking CONTACT.  To help you dig into the archives, here are a few of my personal favorites -- so hard to choose, and if you asked me again next week, I'd have a whole different five!

1. "Life Lessons from Math Class"  If you know me personally, you might be surprised by this choice from February 2020 (even though my GRE exam scores were higher in the analytical section than in the language section). The names of the various math principles are what intrigued me.  Write to them like math don't matter, that only the word choice does!    How about that  principle of the "excluded third?"  What do I do with the "pigeonhole principle?"
2. Tarot Writing is from our first year of writing together, November 2019, and features artwork by illustrator Cristi Lopez.  Her work was in the art banner that month, but you'll also find tarot prompts and the challenge to create tarot concepts from two of her illustrations. ​Which reminds me, the tarot post was preceded by How to Write a Poem in 15 Minutes!  and  "This is How You . . . "  writing challenge!
3. A Bird I Have Known was inspired by the closing week of #WriteOut 2019 , nature poets Mary Oliver and Ted Hughes, and the 453 newly released images of  John James Audubon's BIRDS OF AMERICA, made available by the National Audubon Society. They are simply stunning, and I had forgotten what an amazing gift that whole collection of images, body of research, and narration is.  
4. Poems Chosen by High School Students  Student performers in 2021, not writers, chose these poems for a beginning acting class.  The text in red is their thoughts about the poems they chose. I love their directness. I love the way their minds work.  I know you'll find something that resonates with you to prompt some original writing.
5. 10 Poetry Prompts about Love and Hate in February is a powerful session.  I posted a video from Motionpoems featuring the poem "Boy Saint" by Peter LaBerge.  The video is by Tom Speers, and it highlights the complex mix of young male physicality and potential for violence that seems met with equal tenderness.   I don't know how to say it better than this-- both the poem and the short film capture a time of confusion around body and love that somehow survives the moments of personal questioning.  It spurred many writing topics; hope you'll find one that speaks to you.

Okay, it's your turn. Share with us!  Which posts have you enjoyed reading or writing to?  Tell us all about it in the comments.   Until next time, keep on keepin on!