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So long...sort of
By Rosalynn Tyo
Posted12/29/2010
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True Confessions
The baby’s room is ready, the car seat is installed, my bag is packed, I’ve got homemade soup and muffins in the freezer (thanks, mom!), I’ve seen my doctor for the last time before my due date (Friday) and he says we’re both in great shape: all I have to do now is wait, which, for a planner like me, is pure torture. I could clean house but...
What's In a Winning Poem?
By Kim Jernigan
Posted12/28/2010
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Today, I (virtually) sit down and talk poetry with Jeannette Lynes, winner of our inaugural $1,000 Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Prize. Here's hoping our conversation will fuel your imagination as you get ready to send in your Occasional Verse entry for this year's contest!
More Burning Poetry Questions Answered...
By Kim Jernigan
Posted12/21/2010
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as, once again, I return to the converted-garage-turned-telephone-booth and ask Patricia Young, another of our runners-up for The Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest, everything I couldn't ask about her poem back then.
Behind the Scenes
By Kim Jernigan
Posted12/10/2010
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Nick Blatchford, Contests
The Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest was sponsored, and adjudicated, by my family in celebration of the man who sparked our love of poetry: newspaperman, editor, and occasional poet par excellence, Nick Blatchford. My daughter Amanda explains...
Book Recs From Our Writers
By Rosalynn Tyo
Posted12/06/2010
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Reading
The Story Behind a Poem
By Kim Jernigan
Posted12/03/2010
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TNQ Talks To...
When I wrote to ask permission to publish Andréa Ledding’s poem, “Winter of 1885: Woman With a Broken Rifle,” I took the opportunity to put some questions to her from our judges.
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