August 2022
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The Best Poems of August 2022
It’s the last day of August! Today’s review of the month’s poems will be short and sweet: just three. Shakespeare’s 76th Sonnet Am I allowed to say of Shakespeare that not all of his verse is hitting home? I’ve reached Sonnet 100 and some of these lover’s travails are feeling melodramatic. Still, he is unparalleled… Continue reading
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Five Books in: Here Are My Thoughts on The Wheel of Time (Spoiler-free!)
As I mentioned at the beginning of the year, I’ve been reading through the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. For those of you unfamiliar with the series, it’s a fourteen book epic fantasy series, considered a must-read for fantasy geeks. Since I’m about to take a hiatus from the series, I wanted to… Continue reading
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The Best Poems of July 2022
It’s taken me some time to gather these poems and my notes on them together, but here are some of my favorite poems that I read last month. Of note, I’ve been reading my way through Shakespeare’s Sonnets and regularly perusing the new poems posted at The Society of Classical Poets. You’ll see some below,… Continue reading
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For Everything There Is a Season: Musings on Writing and Pregnancy
I’ve turned the corner this pregnancy: into the third and final trimester, and with that, another shift in my creativity. Ever since my first pregnancy five years ago, I’ve noticed that writing doesn’t stay the same during these phases of life. I struggled to write my books and turned my attention to poetry. It was… Continue reading
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