poetry and smash books
I am having so much fun over here in the land of poem it out and smash books and cheese and my mother's cooking that I wanted to check in with you in a video today.
Notes from the video:
I talk about how I am using yet another Smash journal (this time the "mod black" smash folio) to catch all of my ideas and inspiration about poeming. (And I share a peek at the new HUGE Smash book you can find here.) Best prices on the new large ones might be at Michael's with your big coupon of the week (oh and I want to share that I get the weekly coupons by email and just learned that you can just open the link to the coupon on your phone and they can literally scan your phone!).
I read a poem by William Stafford (and a short excerpt from an interview with him) from the book The Answers Are Inside the Mountains: Meditations on the Writing Life by William Stafford.
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And after several emails asking me to share book and journaling recommendations, especially poets/books to begin with when one wants to really become friends with poetry, I decided to do two things:
1) Begin a new series of posts about some of my favorite poetry collections and poets and books about writing and poetry. Look for the first in this series next week.
2) Create an Amazon store to have a place where you can easily go and check out the poets (and a few other god things) that I recommend. There is a section called "Poetry: Start Here" that lists the books I think might help you fall in love with poetry. There is another ever-growing section of the books of poetry I turn to again and again. (And as a writer, I feel really moved to say: Consider buying your books from your local independent bookstore or checking them out of the library.) And just to be totally clear: If you do buy through my Amazon store, note that it is part of the Amazon affiliate program, which means I get a small commission of your purchase. Next week, I will share a bit about the dream I had in my 20s of opening up a bookstore called "Curled Up (With a Good Book)" and how adding things to this simple Amazon store feels a teeny bit like choosing books to fill that fictional bookstore.
May your day be full of lightness and moments to just rest. Thank you for visiting my corner over here...
Liz
PS speaking of poetry, have you seen what Maya Stein is up to? oh my goodness how that woman inspires me.
PPS if you are new to my corner of the blog world and want to find out more about my wholeness practice and how the Smash journals are helping me with it, check out this series of posts on journaling.
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Reader Comments (10)
Bless you you precious jewel! Thanks so much for sharing that exert. It's one of the books I was on the fence about.
This was wonderful Liz-- thank you. I think you might enjoy this podcast interview from On Being, with poet Christian Wiman:
http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2012/remembering-god/
On that page are links to the interview and to several of his poems. After a long period of not writing, he returned to poetry as he both fell in love and married and was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. His words are incredibly powerful to me.
Oh you make me smile. I love your giddiness when you talk about both your smash book (bought one for my 10 yr old for her birthday). But what gets my attention the most is your inner light shines so bright when you talk about poetry or just the expressions of writing in general.
Enjoy your time with your mom.. smash away!
you should be a spokesperson for SMASH journals. Serious.
you are cracking me up.
yes, please continue sharing more about poetry. I have been finding poetry this week mostly in songs but am hoping this afternoon to sit and write some of my own- so inspired by poem it out.
i loved this...having been following you since the days of poetry thursday
and every now and then, on a thursday, i think of it
and miss it...
a.w.e.s.o.m.e. smash journals...
will have to invest in one of those!
i did see them at michaels recently and thought about buying even just the accessories,
they are all so CUTE...
the tags! the tape! sigh.
anyhow...loving this, all of this...your enthusiasm is infectuous!
:)
yes yes yes
a place to look at for your favorites of poetry...i was actually thinking of emailing you and asking you to send me a list about this, the universe answers me!
maria
Shared your video on my blog today - so inspiring! Enjoy your time away with family this week.
you are so gentle and lovely.
and so cute with these smash books... :)
(i'm intrigued by them, but also intimidated...i'm going to check out the series of posts you link above...)
I love your poetic soul and thank you for sharing it with us!
It's fun to hear your excitement about SMASH books - I saw a few at Target and thought of you.
I journal every day and share your enthusiasm!!!
Blessings to you, lyrical Liz!