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10 Years as a Columnist
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10 Years as a Columnist

Marsali Taylor about to launch her novel. Photo: Margaret Forrest For ten years, much of my writing life consisted of generating a weekly newspaper column. It was for the Times.…
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Posted by By Douglas Forrest 2026-10-12Posted inWriting LifeTags: journalist, poetry, shetland, stories2 Comments
Found in translation
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Found in translation

The long and winding road to becoming a bilingual writer This post is by Frank Joussen. Frank is a former German teacher and writer whose credits include poetry, short stories,…
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Posted by By Guest Blogger 2026-07-13Posted inGuest Blog Posts, Writing LifeTags: bilingual, poetry, translate, translation4 Comments
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One Hundred Billion Wisdoms

Jos shares some thoughts on Wisdoms and Pensives, and introduces us to Raymond Queneau who wrote the longest book in the world, all without benefit of AI!
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Posted by By Jos Biggs 2024-11-18Posted inWriting LifeTags: inspiration, mathematics, poetry, Raymond Queneau3 Comments
Gallery visitors sit on a plank floor to observe a light sculpture in Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
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Connection, art, and the written word

Guest Blogger, poet and artist Mirjam Frosth writes about the things that connect us and the connections between art and the written word.
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Posted by By Guest Blogger 2024-02-05Posted inGuest Blog Posts, Writing LifeTags: communication, connections, creativity, inspiration, poems, poetry, poetry and art8 Comments
Vintage Travel Posters
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Vintage Travel Posters

Gail suggests using old travel posters to inspire you to write.
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Posted by By Gail Aldwin 2024-01-29Posted inWriting PromptsTags: inspiration, motivation, poetry, posters, short fiction, travel, visual prompts, writing2 Comments
White Burnt Paper With Text On Brown Wooden Table
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Having Fun with Poetry?

Try a little fun with poetry to overcome writer's block.
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Posted by By Kimberly Hirsh Kabonga 2022-09-18Posted inWriting PromptsTags: poem, poetry, writer's block, writing prompts2 Comments
Poems Please
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Poems Please

This post is by Sue Borgersen. A member of Pens Around the World in 2021 and 2022. Learn about Sue on our Friends of Pens page here. Wouldn’t it be lovely…
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Posted by By Guest Blogger 2021-07-25Posted inGuest Blog Posts, Writing PromptsTags: acrostic poem, poems, poetry, triversen3 Comments

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