by Cheryl Pallant | Apr 6, 2012 | creative writing, creativity techniques, poetry
The thud at the front screen door announced the arrival of Continental Drifts, my new poetry book. I ripped open the envelope to hold the culmination of months of writing and years of sending it to publishers. I returned upstairs to my office, placed the book on the...
by Cheryl Pallant | Jun 21, 2011 | body awareness, buddhist poetry, poetry
After years of writing and meditating, I’ve reached the point when it’s unclear when I’m doing which. It’s not as easy as sitting on a cushion versus sitting before a computer. The similarities are endless. In both, I am attending to my breath, subtly shifting my...