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Review of PFTW on Amazon (by Karen Nulton)
Karen Nulton posted this review on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Poems-Writing-Prompts-Valerie-Fox/product-reviews/0615782833/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1 Excerpt: “Caution:...
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How Heavy Do I Journey (Illustration by Don Riggs)
This illustration by Don Riggs (from Poems for the Writing) references William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 50. Chris Bursk uses the last line of Sonnet 50 as the title for a poem of his own, featured in Poems...
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Review of PFTW in Cleaver Magazine (by Shinelle Espaillat)
Review of PFTW in Cleaver Magazine Title:”Practical Applications”
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Share your writing and teaching experiences here!
If you’d like to share an experience using a Poems for the Writing prompt, either for your own writing, or in your teaching, you may do so here. Write to Valerie at vf25@drexel.edu for information.
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The Prompt Magazine
Check out this magazine–it’s a great resource for and prompts for writing (poems, stories, and more). http://www.promptlitmag.org/index.php
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Superstition Review publishes my guest blog about one of our prompts
The Superstition Review, a great literary journal + multimedia literary party produced by creative writing and web design students at Arizona State University, just published my guest blog piece about...
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Valerie Fox and Lynn Levin’s Next Big Thing
Ten Interview Questions for the Next Big Thing What is the title of your book? Poems for the Writing: Prompts for Poets by Valerie Fox and Lynn Levin Where did the idea come from for the book?...
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How I Write First Drafts (by Rose Hunter)
All of my writing these days comes initially from my journals. That’s how I started writing and that’s what I’ve gone back to it seems. A lot of it is awful, therapeutic writing, stuff I need to work...
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Reviews of PFTW by L.S. Bassen and Andrew Keller
Thanks to Prick of the Spindle and L.S. Bassen for their interest in PFTW. Here’s the link to Bassen’s review: http://www.prickofthespindle.com/reviews/7.2/fox-levin/fox-levin.html Excerpt: “A gem of a...
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How Layered Experience Becomes Art (by Rina Terry)
Reading historical fiction is a favorite pastime and it definitely informed the writing of Cardboard Piano, my forthcoming book from Texture Press. As a young girl, I read the book Desiree by...
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Interview with Lynn Levin on E-learning Queen
Lynn Levin discusses her work and the place of creative expression in today’s media-saturated world. http://elearnqueen.blogspot.com/
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Per Contra summer 2013 issue is out
The latest issue of Per Contra is out (edited by Miriam N. Kotzin, PFTW contributor). http://www.percontra.net/ Check out the great art by Peter Groesbeck. Poets featured include David Slavitt and...
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Don Riggs’ New Column in Press 1
The latest issue of Press 1 is out and includes Don Riggs’ Making Things out of Words column. In “As Below, so Above” he discusses his daily sonnet writing and his approaches to using visual imagery in...
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Stages of a Poem
Once in a while I get really excited about a poem and I work on a few (maybe many) drafts over a few weeks. A lot of my first drafts are based on exercises. The newish poem may even get taken to my...
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Fibonacci Prompt (for writers/teachers)
Teachers and writers, Feel free to use this chapter from PFTW in your classes. Stay tuned–we’ll be adding a few sample Fibonacci poems, also. Let us know how the prompt worked in your classes– Lynn and...
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Writing Prompts Using the Arts and Your Body (by Marshall Warfield)
Here are two excellent prompts by Marshall Warfield that he published in Press 1 a couple of years back. 1. How Much Does Your Community Feel Like Talking About the Arts? An exercise in community...
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Photo-prompt (End of Summer)
First day of class? Ask students to write a series of questions that could be applied to this (or other) photograph. (What happens right after this moment? What is someone in particular doing/thinkint?...
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“My Side of the Story: A Fibonacci Poem” (by Jesi Kim)
My Side of the Story: A Fibonacci Poem by Jesi Kim That point in time You knew there was a line You should not have crossed that line You should have seen things from my angle But no, you stuck your...
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“Susan” (by Rina Terry)
Susan Blonde as summer on the Cape, A Vineyard wanna-be. Enough money to dress well, eat well; just enough panache to know it isn’t enough to meet the guy who owns a yacht, pays a tailor to stitch his...
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Submit to Poor Yorick
Opportunity to submit to new journal, Poor Yorick: A Journal of Rediscovered Objects. https://pooryorick.submittable.com/submit Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photo-essay, other
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