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From Delphi to Camden: James Whitcomb Riley

By Charity Singleton Craig 9 Comments

James Whitcomb Riley From Dephi to Camden

Charity Singleton Craig reflects on following the ghost of James Whitcomb Riley through Hoosier country.

Filed Under: Blog, Indiana Tour, Literary Tour, Poems, poetry, Regional Tour, Train poems

Creativity Inside the Box: The Freedom of Constraint

By Charity Singleton Craig 12 Comments

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Would imposing constraints help or hinder your creativity? Charity Singleton Craig explores both sides of working inside and thinking outside the box.

Filed Under: Creativity, Writing Life, Writing Tips

The Office of Poetry Grievances

By Charity Singleton Craig 19 Comments

Office of Poetry Grievances

Do you have a grievance to file against poetry? Charity Singleton Craig is staffing the Office of Poetry Grievances today.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, poetry teaching resources

How to Become a Better Writer: Write Like a Painter

By Charity Singleton Craig 25 Comments

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Can studying the work of a visual artist teach you how to become a better writer? Charity Singleton Craig thinks so, with four paintings by Henri Matisse.

Filed Under: Art, Art Galleries and Exhibits, Writing Life, Writing Tips

Writing Workshop: The Writing Life

By T.S. Poetry 27 Comments

Rumors of the Writing Life Workshop

A writing workshop that will go beyond the usual fare, as it helps you develop a lasting writing life.

Filed Under: Blog, Workshops, writer's group resources, Writing Life

The Poet’s Son: Ai Weiwei

By Charity Singleton Craig 19 Comments

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Charity Singleton Craig explores Ai Weiwei’s exhibit “According to What?” pondering the question of what it is that makes something art art along the way.

Filed Under: Art, Art Galleries and Exhibits, Blog, Literary Tour

I am the Rain

By Charity Singleton Craig 16 Comments

The gerbera daisy that I had planted in an old green ceramic pitcher on my back porch isn’t red anymore. In fact, the red bloom shriveled and fell off weeks ago. But the stem and the leaves that were left behind, now they have died too. At least that’s my initial diagnosis. With my plastic […]

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