Category Archives: Writing Poetry

A Riff on Elizabeth Bishop’s poem, “One Art”

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Grace Curtis

In late December, a string of rejections coupled with the endless gray days of the Midwestern sky, caused me to stop writing altogether during January and most of February. I felt uninspired, and even though I can usually pull myself … Continue reading →

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Interview on Poetry – Miami Valley Voices – April 5, 2015

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Grace Curtis

On April 5, 2015, I was interviewed by Ron Rollins for Miami Valley Voices, a podcast put together by WHIO, a TV and Radio station in Dayton, Ohio. You can hear the interview here.

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Teaching Poetry in an English Workshop–Sakhnin, Israel, Day Three

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Grace Curtis

Today, we talked about Haiku and looked at sample poems. All told me they had never heard of the concept. I had the students come to the board and mark the syllables as they counted them out. In Arabic, the … Continue reading →

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Teaching Poetry in an English Workshop–Sakhnin, Israel, Day Two

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Grace Curtis

Today the students worked on poems about a body part. I asked them to write at least four lines and to try to include a simile or a metaphor. We had a lengthy discussion about these concepts and they understood … Continue reading →

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Teaching Poetry in Summer Camp & How to Make a Chapbook

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Grace Curtis

In less than a month, I will travel with six other individuals to a small town in northern Israel called Deir Al Asad to teach for two weeks in a summer camp for 60 junior high school aged children. Deir … Continue reading →

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A Wellspring of Poetry Happenings

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Grace Curtis

Ohio Poetry Association Anthology Launch Party On April 16, at Bexley Library in Bexley, on the eastern edge of Columbus, the Ohio Poetry Association held the launch party and reading for its first anthology, Everything Stops and Listens, edited by … Continue reading →

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Five Unexpected Benefits of 30 Poems in 30 Days

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Grace Curtis

This is the first year I’ve committed to writing a poem every day during National Poetry Month. So far so good! In the past, it has always felt a little gimmicky or forced. Now that I am doing it, it … Continue reading →

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