Sara Holbrook author/poet/educator
November 24, 2014
Why do you write sad poems?
Defensive answer: I don’t ONLY write sad poems. Did you see the one about how happiness comes hopping? Or the one about saying gross things at the dinner table? Funny stuff. Seriously funny. Not sad. Not sad at all.
Self-conscious answer: Oh, no. That didn’t make
November 8, 2014
What’s weird, conducts electricity, and is a good citizen?
The poets of Pasir Ridge International School in Balikpapan,
Indonesia, of course!
Balikpapan is a strange sounding place populated by friendly and familiar faces. Who could forget a mascot such as the one above? I
November 8, 2014
An umbrella, hats, a bug zapper and plenty of warm smiles –
what else does a poet need in Indonesia?
Our (too short) visit to Surabaya International School was a blast. What a welcome! They gave us all that we needed to feel
October 30, 2014
Hi folks,
Here is a link to the handouts from our sessions.
Thanks for tuning in!
StoryTelling Handouts
October 6, 2014
Why are you doing that?
No one else does it that way.
What’s the matter with you?
Creative people don’t like to be told what to do. We can be
annoying. Distracted. Non-compliant. Misfits, who at our worst clog systems and
at our
September 16, 2014
Ah-choo! Sweet
mystery of sneeze, at last I’ve found thee
Ah-choo! I know at
last the secret of it all
All the sniffing, coughing, dripping, swelling, burning
The sneezing chokes and tissues that are fall.
September 15, 2014
Day seven of my personal poetry challenge. Just to see, you know. If I could. And as of 6PM tonight, things weren’t looking good. Here’s the deal about creative work, there are ALWAYS other things to do. More pressing things, gardens and laundry and dinner and clean up and forever and
September 14, 2014
Sometimes it takes binoculars to look at the up-close and find something new. Suzi and I make this walk everyday. But here I am on day six of my 7 day challenge and in looking for something outside of myself to write about, I decided to change my point to view to someone else’s.
September 13, 2014
“The more specific your story, the more universal the message.” I’m not sure who said that first, but it is one of those truisms that keeps me revising and revising — always for more detail.
In lots of areas we are told to THINK BIG and THE SKY’S THE LIMIT, but in
September 11, 2014
And this was not the worst of it. This was just what was still in the skies at 4AM this morning. It is almost cheating to fall back on writing about the weather, but jeez louise, what a night!
Doppler
Effects
Whirlwinds
swirled,
sirens
wailed,
arrows