Category Archives: Highland Park Poetry

Book Review–Read Jennifer Dotson’s Delightful Classic: Clever Gretel

  Poet Jennifer Dotson’s classic, Clever Gretel, is a generous collection of poems of self-realization and reminiscences. Her style throughout is imaginative, elegantly simple, and delightful. Through her imagination, she transforms the familiar into the unique. The book is reader-friendly, … Continue reading

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Daily Haiku, Dec. 29, 2015

a school of minnows in a pocket of water fanning silt and sand  by Jenene Ravesloot  Highland Park Poetry, 2nd Place, Haiku Contest, 2013    

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Earning a Living at Poetry?

What a thought! Recently, two poets I know brought this up as once having been a goal for them. However, they soon found that unless one combines the writing of poetry with a full-time teaching job in English/poetry, the odds … Continue reading

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