It is springtime where I live, and that means the weather is getting warmer. Each day, I find myself feeling the heat of the sun on my skin. Something about the warmer months has always made me feel more eager to exercise. My blood just feels like it’s running hotter and I want to getContinue reading “Warm Weather Motivations: A Haiku Series”
Category Archives: Art and Poetry
Spring’s First Touches
Here is a poem I wrote about springtime. I am always inspired by spring and the transition from winter. I live in an area with four distinct seasons, and the winters are very cold. When spring comes back around every year, I feel my appreciation for the sun and its warmth renewed. Spring’s First TouchesWinterContinue reading “Spring’s First Touches”
Creating Suspense In a Static Environment [Rewrite]
NOTE: I originally wrote this article for the now defunct blog of the Indiana Writers’ Consortium, a non-profit organization I interned with a few years ago which ceased operations and dissolved while I was with them. I was going back over it and several other articles I wrote for them which I realized would beContinue reading “Creating Suspense In a Static Environment [Rewrite]”
How to Write a Poem: A Three-Step Process
When I first started writing poetry, I did not have a step-by-step writing process which I followed from start to finish. As a result, I would spend all day (and sometimes even multiple days) writing a single-page poem with a simple rhyme scheme. I tried crafting every line in its final form right from theContinue reading “How to Write a Poem: A Three-Step Process”
The Pensive Warrior 