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Pandemic Journal: An Entry on Caring from a Distance

By Sandra Heska King 21 Comments

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One of the great challenges of the pandemic is connecting with loved ones, especially our elders. Sandra Heska King reflects on caring for her father from 1500 miles away.

Filed Under: Blog, Pandemic Journal

Together: The Grenfell Fire, a Cookbook, and a Community

By Sandra Heska King 19 Comments

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A kitchen fire in Grenfell Tower tore peoples’ lives apart. Now it’s the fire of friendships forged in a kitchen that’s bringing them back together.

Filed Under: Blog, Cookbooks

Literary Friends: Keeping Anna Akhmatova Alive

By Sandra Heska King 30 Comments

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Anna Akhmatova’s friends memorized her poems to keep her work alive when it was too dangerous to put pen to paper. Sandra Heska King spotlights this life and death role of literary friends.

Filed Under: Anna Akhmatova, Blog, Friendship Activities and Prompts, Friendship Project, Literary Friends, Patron Only

A Poem in Every Heart: John Borling, John McCain and the Hanoi Hilton

By Sandra Heska King 24 Comments

A Poem in Every Heart John McCain bamboo leaves

The late John McCain and his fellow prisoners of war tapped poetry and story between the walls of their cells, making a poem in every heart (and a story in every soul) a key to helping each other live.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, Poems, poetry

Commit Poetry: Romeo & Juliet’s Two Households

By Sandra Heska King 5 Comments

Commit Poetry Romeo & Juliet Ferns

Sandra Heska King winds up her memorization of selections from Romeo & Juliet among crayfish and shoulder-high ferns, considering the divisions of two houses.

Filed Under: Blog, Commit Poetry, Poetry Dare, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare

The Color of Your Creativity

By Sandra Heska King 23 Comments

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Sandra Heska King finds her creativity in the color chartreuse. What color is your creativity?

Filed Under: Creativity, L.L. Barkat

Commit Poetry: Romeo and Juliet

By Sandra Heska King 19 Comments

Poetry Dare Romeo and Juliet red rose

Sandra Heska King takes a dare to commit more poetry for National Poetry Month. This time, it’s Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Filed Under: Blog, Commit Poetry, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare

Commit Poetry: “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley

By Sandra Heska King 29 Comments

Ozymandias

Sandra Heska King continues her poetry memorization journey by committing Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “Ozymandias.”

Filed Under: Blog, Commit Poetry, Percy Bysshe, poetry

Regional Tour: Of Alligators and Everglades

By Sandra Heska King 7 Comments

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Sandra Heska King has all the adventure—and alligators—she could ever want right in her own backyard, in the Everglades.

Filed Under: Blog, nature, Nature Poems, Regional Tour

Commit Poetry: Edgar A. Guest (Michigan’s First & Last Poet Laureate)

By Sandra Heska King 11 Comments

Edgar A Guest It Can Be Done

Sandra Heska King finds some old, inscribed Edgar A. Guest collections, muses about their curious inscriptions, and commits a little poetry to heart.

Filed Under: Blog, Commit Poetry, Edgar Guest

Regional Tour: The Metz Fire of 1908 (Metz, Michigan)

By Sandra Heska King 16 Comments

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The historic Metz Fire at the turn of the 20th century connects Sandra Heska King to the story of a place.

Filed Under: Michigan Regional Tour, Regional Tour

Committing Prufrock: The Path to Frost

By Sandra Heska King 7 Comments

Robert Frost The Road Not Taken

Memorizing The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock took Sandra Heska King on the road not taken (or, at least less frequently taken) and to memorization of Robert Frost as well.

Filed Under: Blog, Commit Poetry, Poetry Dare, Robert Frost

Committing Prufrock: Taking a Stand Against Forgetfulness

By Sandra Heska King 19 Comments

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Sandra Heska King concludes her Committing Prufrock poetry dare with the completion of memorization of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.

Filed Under: Blog, Commit Poetry, Literacy for Life, poetry, Poetry Dare, T.S. Eliot

Chinese Lanterns: Art by Day, Magic by Night

By Sandra Heska King 18 Comments

Chinese Lanterns Miami festival

Stumbling onto a colorful Chinese lantern festival while out on a bike ride may hold a key to answer Mary Oliver’s question about your one wild and precious life.

Filed Under: Blog, Regional Tour

Committing Prufrock: 10 Reasons to Say Yes to Memorizing Poetry

By Sandra Heska King 20 Comments

Commiting Poetry tiger in snow

Why would someone take a dare to commit The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufock to memory? Sandra Heska King has 10 great reasons to say yes to a poetry dare.

Filed Under: Blog, Commit Poetry, Poetry Dare

Committing Prufrock: Poetry Memorization Tips & Memories

By Sandra Heska King 24 Comments

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Sandra Heska King uses her Phone-a-Friend to crowd-source poetry memorization tips and memories as she continues her Committing Prufrock Poetry Dare.

Filed Under: Blog, Commit Poetry, Poetry Dare, T.S. Eliot

Committing Prufrock: 6 Great Ways to Memorize a Poem

By Sandra Heska King 30 Comments

6 Ways to Memorize Poem banana bread

Sandra Heska King continues her poetry dare, memorizing T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” Today, she shares her tips for memorizing a poem.

Filed Under: Blog, Commit Poetry, Poetry Dare, T.S. Eliot

Committing Prufrock: There Will Be Time

By Sandra Heska King 15 Comments

Committing Prufrock poetry memorization bunny in garden

Sandra Heska King continues her mission to Commit Prufrock, finding herself lost in the rabbit trails that can be a part of reading poems.

Filed Under: Blog, Commit Poetry, Poetry Dare, T.S. Eliot

Poetry Dare: How to Commit Prufrock

By Sandra Heska King 26 Comments

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Sandra Heska King introduces her plan to commit Prufrock (to memory) and introduces our Barista Badges so you can join the fun and celebrate your progress.

Filed Under: Commit Poetry, Poetry Dare, T.S. Eliot

Committing Prufrock: A New Poetry Dare

By Sandra Heska King 41 Comments

Poetry Dare Committing Prufrock - two white northern gannet

Sandra Heska King gets nabbed while under cover in the poet’s protection program and agrees to commit Prufrock in the latest Poetry Dare scheme.

Filed Under: Blog, Commit Poetry, poetry, Poetry Dare, T.S. Eliot

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