Author: joehstarling
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On Writing (Poetry)
It may be presumptive of me to title this post after Stephen King’s famous guide to writing. Suffice it to say that this post cannot and will not attempt to replicate the level of insight that “On Writing” offers – rather, I’ll be going over common advice and historical tidbits that I’ve picked up throughout…
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Smoky Mountain Meadow
After it all:lonely months, moments of near-clarity,the ordering of hours in a line;desperate musicswallowed by echoless walls;outside, a cardinaltapping the window – After it all,you and I will play checkerswith bright gold piecesthat tumble to the dirt.
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Axis Mundi
(i suddenly feel as ifi am barely held against the earthas if i might be liftedto be held against clouds) I will not be sorry for feeling nothing,for being empty of color, for being stone – (i am a sheet of shining fabric,gale-rushed and expanded,unfolded by a wind of seeds) Roots split my skin:inside, a…
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Welcome!
Thanks for checking out my writing blog! You can think of this as a collection of sorts, as this website will contain most of the work I’ve ever written. I started writing in middle school, and one of the first writing lessons I can recall came from an English teacher of mine who told me…
Words Under Construction 