9. Poetry
Contests – so I barely entered any for 2013 but I made a note of deadlines and
guidelines for poetry chapbook contests for 2014
8. ART
- After viewing Art (I can barely pass up a good artwalk such as Island City
Art Walk, FATs Village or when Sailboat Bend is open to the public), I feel an
surge from my eyes to my fingers and I must write. Also see post “Art Walk”
7. Other
poets have inspired me such as those I have blogged about (Meryl, Linda,Anastasia, Monica, Richard) to those I have watched performed at venues (Emily,
Ryan and CheChe)
6. Food
- my elixir and my problem; hence, my need to write and to exercise. See post “Onefor the Road” for elixir and any grumpy post and poem: ”The Torturer” in Tortured
Souls for the problem
5. A vacation that inspired. see post “ATreat for the Senses”
4. Learning
about “prompts” at FWA conference (and eventually using them; see post on “PoetryChallenge”).
3. Figuring
out that my research on where to go read poetry should be shared on my blog (Poetry in News and Around Town).
2. Reading
poetry in Daytona then going to Sarasota for a PoetryLife event (see post “TheRoad from Daytona to Sarasota”) and seeing poet Naomi Shihab Nye (a poet
herself) reading a WS Merwin poem for “Favorite Poet Reading” at a PoetryLife
event in Sarasota.
1. On
the Road – after watching the movie, I planned my own road-trip and named my
first blog post “On the Road”
I want to know your top influences of 2013. Add to the comments below.
