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Form Fundamentals

by Olivia Loftis
Form Fundamentals
  Introduction An editing project I worked on recently got me thinking about form again. Structure is a huge draw to poetry as an art form, s...
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Dancing in December

by Olivia Loftis
Dancing in December
  Advent Dark times. December.  Earth’s axis on the slant and the minutes fall from the day a few at a time.   So we outsleep the dark,  sleepwalk...
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September Spectacular

by Olivia Loftis
September Spectacular
Check out the new Poetic Excellence section to discover more of what makes our first blog of the ’bers so spectacular! — Olivia Loftis, Kelsay B...
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