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Ekphrasis and Picasso’s light

Posted on May 23, 2013 by jonnia

This past weekend at the Red Clay Writer’s Workshop, I took part in a session led by Amy Pence on ekphrasis in poetry. (Don’t feel bad. I didn’t know what it meant either!) Essentially, as far as its use in poetry is … Continue reading →

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september

Posted on September 18, 2012 by jonnia

there is an urgency today in the green of the trees behind my house leaves so seriously intent on coloring the cooling light as it falls to the ground they must know the nearness of winter’s silver silence   photo … Continue reading →

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I am not nearly so wise

Posted on May 24, 2012 by jonnia

Why do we resist change so much? Or rather, why do I? You may be perfectly accepting of any change that comes your way, for all I know. But judging by the uproar generated every time facebook tweaks its format, sometimes even … Continue reading →

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remembering my grandmothers and a poem

Posted on May 12, 2012 by jonnia

I am already leaning toward Mother’s Day tomorrow, thinking of my grandmothers and great-grandmothers and the many ways I have been blessed through them. And there are too many, really, to ever truly count. Within these memories, themes and images … Continue reading →

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