Writing Unleashed with Laura M. Harkins

rattle.com April is National Poetry Month . So, I thought I'd give  erasure poetry  a try. I chose an article about dating and race in The Philadelphia Inquirer .  Reading through the article, I underlined words that caught my eye. Then, I created a poem and title from my found words. Unfortunately, it was easier to type the words than scan the article. Enjoy! Talk About Dating First contact          Attitudes affect the messages Cut off from the real world          See the imbalance Healthy partners          Work together, no exclusions

pecorfamily.com I want to end the week with good energy, and a change in seasons would do just that for me.  Enjoy the giddiness this poem provokes with its promise of pink flowers and warm breezy days.     April By William Carlos Williams If you had come away with me into another state we had been quiet together. But there the sun coming up out of the nothing beyond the lake was too low in the sky, there was too great a pushing against him, too much of sumac buds, pink in the head with the clear gum upon them, too many opening hearts of lilac leaves, too many, too many swollen limp poplar tassels on the bare branches! It was too strong in the air. I had no rest against that springtime! The pounding of the hoofs on the raw sods stayed with me half through the night. I awoke smiling but tired. 

News Erasure Poetry Counter-protestors  used pamphlets and other hate-spewing material published by Westboro Baptist Church February 26 th to create erasure poetry  in front of Living Arts Studio, which was showing “The Laramie Project”.   Can poetry fight hate? Renewed Relationship s Couples, through reading , can breathe new life into their relationships that are otherwise stressed out from children, working and other daily tasks.  "One of the joys is that you discover new aspects of each other, or you may rediscover a connection you had at the beginning but have lost as life gradually takes over," says Ella Berthoud, one of the bibliotherapists. "It can also help couples communicate and understand each other better, as well as show new ways to share leisure time." Do you think a couple book club could renew a relationship? World Book Night Trafalgar Square is hosting an enormous free festival devoted to peoples’ favorite books to kick off the World Bo...