Tag: poetry

Journey of the Heart: 3 Ways Poetry Shapes Women’s Lives

When I was a teenager, I never read a poem unless it was forced upon me by some well-meaning, but intimidating English teacher. While other high schoolers pontificated the deeper meaning between this and that line, I was forever lost in the muddle, engulfed in imagery as complex 

“Art is a Guarantee of Sanity” (Louise Bourgeois, sculptress, 1911-2010)

“Art is a Guarantee of Sanity” (Louise Bourgeois, sculptress, 1911-2010)

Two weeks ago this Thursday, I felt completely sorry for myself and for my writing. This self-depreciating, pitiful behavior surfaced after I began ruminating over my 2011 creative writing submissions. Of the several major submissions I had sent to magazines and editors (which, in truth,