OFFICIAL BLOG RENEWAL POST003-1016
I wrote a new poem last night/today titled REUNION. I feel it is in final form and will be sending it out very soon. I am prepping material for my anticipated feature at Casa Azul in Grand Coteau, LA in April (National Poetry Month) of 2010. I know it is a ways [...]
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Reunion
Posted in Acadiana, Art, Artists, Bipolar Disease, Cajun, Creativity, Literary Journals, Literature, Louisiana, Music, Poetry, Poets, Self, The Writing Life, Writers, tagged Art, Bipolar Disease, Creative Writing, Creativity, Literature, Louisiana Arts, Louisiana Poets, Mental Illness, Mental Wellness, Music, National Poetry Month, Poetry, Poetry Readings, Poets, Publishing, Self, Southern Literature, The Arts, The South, The Writing Life, Women, Women Poets, Women Writers, Women's Issues, Writers, Writing, Writing Life on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Living Truer To My Self
Posted in Acadiana, Art, Artists, Bipolar Disease, Cajun, Creativity, Death, Death of a Child, Health, Literary Journals, Literature, Mother, Poetry, Poets, Publishing, Self, The Writing Life, Writers, tagged Art, Artists, Bipolar Disease, Body, Cajun, Creative Writing, Creativity, Death, Death of a Child, Family, Health, Life, Literature, Louisiana, Louisiana Arts, Louisiana Poets, Love, Mental Illness, Mental Wellness, Poetry, Poetry Readings, Poets, Publishing, Self, Southern Literature, The Arts, The South, The Writing Life, Women, Women Poets, Women Writers, Women's Issues, Writers, Writing, Writing Life on October 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
OFFICIAL BLOG RENEWAL POST002-1015
In 2004 the death of my beloved child prompted me to look deeply at my life and how I could live truer to my self from the point of Adam’s death onward. What meant the most to me beyond my own and my family’s health and well-being was to be the writer [...]
Nice to meet ya, again.
Posted in Acadiana, Art, Artists, Bipolar Disease, Body, Books, Cajun, Creative Nonfiction, Creativity, Death, Friendship, Language, Literary Journals, Literature, Louisiana, Love, Memoirs, Moon, Mother, Nature, New Orleans, Photography, Poetry, Poets, Publishing, Self, Self Portraits, Short Fiction, Sunsets, The Writing Life, Theatre, Word List, Writers, tagged Art, Artists, Bipolar Disease, Body, Cajun, Clare's Publications, Creative Writing, Creativity, Death, Life, Literature, Louisiana, Louisiana Arts, Louisiana Poets, Love, Mental Illness, Mental Wellness, Nature, Photography, Poetry, Poetry Readings, Poets, Publishing, Self, Southern Literature, The Arts, The South, The Writing Life, Women, Women Poets, Women Writers, Women's Issues, Writers, Writing, Writing Life on October 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
OFFICIAL BLOG RENEWAL POST001-1014
Each success, no matter how small, in practice of what I love is a lightning strike against the dark. And I have been in dark, metaphorically dark and literally extinguished places. I’ve been around fires a blazin’ too and they can be happy places!
Ah ha, yes. Well.
I am a poet/mother/wife living with bipolar disease. [...]
An Addendum to My Previous Note
Posted in Acadiana, Art, Artists, Cajun, Creativity, Death of a Parent, Father, Literature, Louisiana, Poetry, Poets, Publishing, Self, The Writing Life, Writers, tagged Art, Artists, Bipolar Disease, Clare's Publications, Creative Writing, Creativity, Literature, Louisiana, Louisiana Arts, Louisiana Poets, Mental Illness, Mental Wellness, Poetry, Poets, Publishing, Self, Southern Literature, The Arts, The South, The Writing Life, Women Poets, Women Writers, Writers, Writing, Writing Life on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My father was an avid fisherman and owned a boat business for many years. I remember him putting two baited hooks on his fishing line at once to increase his chances at catching fish. So, I am working on two poetry manuscripts.
He’s no longer with us but is always inspiring me.
I went back to my unpublished [...]
Renewal
Posted in Acadiana, Art, Artists, Bipolar Disease, Cajun, Creativity, Family, Literature, Louisiana, Love, Marriage, Mother, Photography, Poetry, Poets, Prayer, Publishing, Self, The Writing Life, Writers, tagged Art, Artists, Bipolar Disease, Body, Cajun, Creativity, Mental Illness, Mental Wellness, Poets, Self, Wifehood, Women, Women Writers, Women's Issues, Writing Life on May 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am taking me in a whole new, freeing direction metaphorically speaking.
Well if you call this a life…
Posted in Acadiana, Art, Artists, Bipolar Disease, Cajun, Creativity, Literary Journals, Literature, Louisiana, Poetry, Poets, Publishing, Self, The Writing Life, Writers, tagged Art, Artists, Bipolar Disease, Cajun, Creative Writing, Creativity, Literature, Louisiana, Louisiana Arts, Louisiana Poets, Mental Illness, Mental Wellness, National Poetry Month, Poetry, Poetry Readings, Poets, Publishing, Self, Southern Literature, The Arts, The South, The Writing Life, Women, Women Poets, Women Writers, Writers, Writing, Writing Life on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I received a great compliment from my 13 year old daughter today when she said in reference to herself: “Well my mom’s a poet.” And then she rattled off a few titles of my poems that she particularly likes. I was made immensely happy—maybe for life.
I have poems coming up in “Press 1″ in May. [...]
Poet(ess) Extraordinaire
Posted in Acadiana, Art, Artists, Cajun, Creative Nonfiction, Creativity, Language, Literary Journals, Literature, Louisiana, Poetry, Poets, Prose, Publishing, The Writing Life, Writers, tagged Art, Artists, Cajun, Creative Writing, Creativity, Life, Louisiana, Louisiana Arts, Louisiana Poets, Poetry, Poetry Readings, Poets, Southern Literature, The Arts, The South, The Writing Life, Women, Women Poets, Women Writers, Women's Issues, Writers, Writing, Writing Life on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://lanawiggins.wordpress.com/
The link above directs you to my good friend and wonderful poet Lana Maht Wiggins’ blog.
Lana and I read at Casa Azul last week and are considering some future collaborations poetry-wise! Please check her page out and comment. Tell others who you think might be interested. More info can be found at her page. She is an astonishingly gifted [...]
Today
Posted in Art, Artists, Cajun, Creativity, Literature, Louisiana, Poetry, Poets, The Writing Life, Writers, tagged Creative Writing, Creativity, Louisiana Poets, Poetry, Poetry Readings, Poets, Self, Women Writers, Writers, Writing, Writing Life on April 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I will be reading poems to college students at University of Louisiana at Lafayette in a creative writing class. I’m ready. And later, perhaps, $2 fish (tilapia) tacos.
Writing For Life
Posted in Art, Artists, Bipolar Disease, Body, Cajun, Creativity, Family, Friendship, Health, Literary Journals, Literature, Louisiana, Love, Poetry, Poets, Publishing, Self, The Writing Life, Writers, tagged Bipolar Disease, Mental Illness, Mental Wellness, Poetry, Poets, Self, The Writing Life on April 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It’s the same old, same old…still kind of living like a hermit…but I am getting out more. Writing in the middle of the night…sleeping as I can. I have been pushing hard to get poems out—to produce them and to send them to literary journals for possible publication. I have six poems coming up in [...]
Not Giving Up
Posted in Acadiana, Art, Artists, Cajun, Creativity, Poetry, Poets, Self, The Writing Life, Writers, tagged Louisiana Poets, Poetry, Poets, Women Poets on April 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
…been trying to do the 30/30 thing…so far I have maybe 5 or 6 poems but I am modifying the rules and counting revisions and poem “make-overs.” That way I can catch up and still be in the flow.
In other news: SUSHI TONIGHT!
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