by Cheryl Pallant | Mar 23, 2011 | collaboration, poetic action, poetry
For their contributions, I want to thank John Swift, Catherine Daly, Brian Buck, Stacie Birchett, Joseph Harrington and several others who prefer to remain unknown. Below is the collaged result of their words, lines, and phrases. The Poem, a Poem win by refinancing...
by Cheryl Pallant | Mar 7, 2011 | collaboration, creativity, poetic action, poetry
POETRY YARD SALE: You’re invited to participate… Wanted: Phrases never used or used but no longer needed. Worn, chipped, faded, hyperbolic, expired, parts missing okay. Go through your files, closets, under the bed and send me phrases you’re ready to pass on....
by Cheryl Pallant | Feb 22, 2011 | creative writing, dreaming, poetry
Before going to sleep, I sometimes make a request. Guide me to a new poem. Or, how do I transition to the next paragraph that evaded me all day? The request is Step One – fairly easy. Step Two is easier yet. Pull up the blanket. Fall asleep and snooze away. Release...
by Cheryl Pallant | Feb 11, 2011 | performance, poetry
The spillover effect of the AWP grows each year, more and more poets reading off-site. It’s gotten so you can avoid the conference entirely if you want and still have too many choices of venues. Highlights for me included hearing the Belladonna sponsored prose...
by Cheryl Pallant | Jan 29, 2011 | creativity, dance, poetry
QUESTIONS: How can we be guided by the Creative in the present moment? What does it look (or sound or feel) like when we are? I return to these questions again and again, particularly at the start of a project. Answering these questions influence the trajectory of my...
