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Journey into Poetry: Richard Maxson

By Rick Maxson 13 Comments

Richard Maxson kept journals, wrote essays, and penned a couple of one-act plays, but never poetry.

Filed Under: Blog, journey into poetry, poetry

Poet-a-Day: Meet Rick Maxson

By Tania Runyan 5 Comments

Richard Maxson

When Rick Maxson heard his wife singing, in a rare moment of freedom from pain, it needed a poem to hold his wonder. It needed a rondeau.

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Music Poems, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Rondeau

Poems to Listen By: Heart & Soil 06—Undertow

By Laurie Klein 4 Comments

Fresh snowfall at a pier

In this month’s Poems to Listen By episode, Laurie Klein features poems by Richard Maxson and Anne M. Doe Overstreet in a reflection on uncertainty.

Filed Under: Blog, Heart & Soil, Patron Only, Podcasts, Poems to Listen By

Pandemic Journal: War is Over (If You Want It)

By Rick Maxson 3 Comments

Pandemic Journal - photo of Mt. Kinabalu above misty clouds

As we enter the new year, Every Day Poems editor Richard Maxson considers how we have persisted in a difficult year, and how we continue, if we want it.

Filed Under: Blog, Pandemic Journal

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on How We Learn

By Rick Maxson 3 Comments

Pandemic journal sunset over industrial zone

Richard Maxson reflects on the miracles of our pandemic days, the occurrences that don’t just happen but are a result of hope, faith and effort.

Filed Under: Blog, Pandemic Journal

Introvert Paradise: To Find the Imperial Friend, Part II

By Rick Maxson 7 Comments

Introverts Paradise 67 GTO

Richard Maxson concludes his reflection on growing up and finding the confidence to live as himself, this time in the engine of a white ’64 GTO.

Filed Under: Blog, Friendship Project, Introvert Paradise, Patron Only

Introvert Paradise: To Find the Imperial Friend

By Rick Maxson 3 Comments

Introvert Paradise Spain

Richard Maxson understands the respite an introvert finds in the space of his own head in this tender piece about coming of age on an exotic international journey.

Filed Under: Blog, Friendship Project, Introvert Paradise, Patron Only

Memoir Notebook: Three Summers, Part 2: Bucking Hay

By Rick Maxson 9 Comments

Bucking Hay harvest

Richard Maxson continues his boyhood farming tale, reflecting on the harvest of transcendent memories cultivated in an alfalfa field.

Filed Under: Blog, Memoir Notebook, Patron Only

Memoir Notebook: Waterfall of Sweet Dreams—Conclusion: Bird on a Wire

By Rick Maxson 8 Comments

Sunflower field Memoir Notebook Bird on a Wire

In this final installment of his Waterfall of Sweet Dreams Memoir series, Richard Maxson leaves Hollywood to pursue new dreams imparted by an English professor.

Filed Under: Blog, Memoir Notebook

Memoir Notebook: Waterfall of Sweet Dreams—Part III: Disenchantment

By Rick Maxson 8 Comments

The disenchantment of the acting life sends Richard Maxson toward the greater question of what will really bring him happiness.

Filed Under: Blog, Memoir Notebook

Memoir Notebook: Waterfall of Sweet Dreams—Part II: Bummer and the Rat

By Rick Maxson 13 Comments

Richard Maxson struggled to embrace his Hollywood dream of becoming an actor until he befriended a stray cat he named Bummer.

Filed Under: Blog, Memoir Notebook

Memoir Notebook: Waterfall of Sweet Dreams—Part I: The Call

By Rick Maxson 10 Comments

Hollywood Hill Waterfall of Sweet Dreams The Call

That is exactly how he thought of acting—as just another job. One day Richard Maxson looked up the number of Columbia Pictures Studios and made the call.

Filed Under: Blog, Memoir Notebook

Memoir Notebook: In the Jingle Jangle Morning, 1965

By Rick Maxson 14 Comments

Grand Canyon Memoir Notebook Jingle Jangle Morning

A young Richard Maxson takes off in the Jingle Jangle Morning of Bob Dylan’s “Tambourine Man” on a cross country road trip and into his own Tomorrowland.

Filed Under: Blog, Memoir Notebook

Memoir Notebook: Molly and the Thieves

By Rick Maxson 21 Comments

Memoir Notebook Molly and the Thieves

In our latest Memoir Notebook, Richard Maxson remembers his beloved German Shepherd Molly, in a tale of love, loss, and a band of thieves.

Filed Under: Blog, Memoir Notebook, Writing in Place

Poetry in the Cubicle: The Weight of the Poem

By Rick Maxson 12 Comments

poetry at work richard maxson

What do you do with the poem you cannot write? You follow it. Even if it never leaves the four square walls of your office cubicle. Join Richard Maxson for Poetry at Work.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems about poetry, poetry, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, work poems

Earth Song Book Club: Force of Nature

By Rebecca D. Martin 9 Comments

misty rocky shore

In this week’s book club discussion, Rebecca Martin moves through the poems in Earth Song as a force of nature.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Earth Song, Ecopoetry, Nature Poems, Patron Only

Experiencing Nature and the Earth with “Earth Song” by Sara Barkat

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

Kirkjufell Earth Song Barkat

The 93 poems of Earth Song, collected by Sara Barkat, focus on the earth as an immediate, real place—avoiding abstract, theoretical poetry.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Ecopoetry, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Sara Teasdale

Poetry Prompt: Love In Algebra

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

asian couple kissing

Join author Callie Feyen for a poetry prompt as she considers the many ways (some mathematical) to say, “I love you.”

Filed Under: Blog, Math-Science-Technology, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

How to Write a Form Poem: Hear the Poets Read!

By L.L. Barkat 3 Comments

How to Write a Form Poem Poets Read La Jolla Rocks California

Whether you’re teaching or learning, you’ll love being able to hear the poets read from ‘How to Write a Form Poem.’ Plus, see their regional items!

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Poets

5-Minute Refresh: The Door that Opens

By T.S. Poetry

Relaxing Water and Sky

Give your soul a 5-minute refresh with this invitation to breathe deeply and meditate on a life-giving line of poetry.

Filed Under: 5-Minute Refresh, Blog, Every Day Poems, Poetry Club

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