Tag: poetry

• We have a movie trailer!

  In 2022, I wrote an email to a friend…a creative friend who is a talented photographer, inspiring artist, and the kind of go-getter that always encouraged me to take on bold, ambitious things. My email was short and sweet: Dear Maggie, I wrote a flash fiction story that’s quite the wild ride. Do you think…

  KellyQAnderson

  September 11, 2024

  film, Lifestyle, Writer Life

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• Twitter: Still Good For Something

  

  Something like solidarity. You see, this past week, the #WritingCommunity let a wave of levity loose at just the right time: erasure poems from writer rejections. Otherwise known as ‘blackout poems,’ these original works take on new forms when most of the text is blacked out in order to keep a brief, punchy sentence. I…

  KellyQAnderson

  November 3, 2023

  poetry, Writer Life

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• Zoom Backdrop

  Two fat ceramic pigs perch on my shoulderAre they Shreks?No, I mutter, they’re cookie jarsCracked antiques with stutter paintMy parents, I say, they were into themThere was a time when they were really into them. -KQA #NationalPoetryMonth

  KellyQAnderson

  April 8, 2021

  Lifestyle, poetry, Writer Life

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• Oh October

  Flashes of orange, of goldA dancing candle’s glowSliding arms through coatsGusts, encirclingWhen it did gray replace blue? Closing windows, opening cabinetsSo much candySo much candyEverything is layeredEverything inside, everything outside OctoberHow did that happenSo abruptWith such graceA fluttering finger, touching the wind (and still, so much candy) I’m relieved. I’m unsettled.

  KellyQAnderson

  October 1, 2020

  Holiday

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