Course and Method

To write about poetry is to believe that there are answers to some of the questions poets ask of their art, or at least that there are reasons for writing it.”

~Michael Weigers

For today’s prompt, write an ars poetica that explores your relationship with your writing process. Be as liberal as you like with your use of metaphor and poetic license.

Poems for Inspiration from Zingara Poetry Review

“In Step With Desire” by Margaret Randall

“A Better Poem” by Thomas Zimmerman

“Eyes Fastened with Poems” by Lois Marie Harrod

“On the Occasion of 50 Years of Poems” by Alan Perry

“Listening To Poetry That I Don’t Understand” by John F. McMullen


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3 responses to “Course and Method”

  1. sparrowtacosearth54708 Avatar
    sparrowtacosearth54708

    Hi Lisa! I wanted to thank you for using my poem “On the Occasion of 50 Years of Poems” as an “inspiration” for your latest Zingara prompt! Fun fact: “On the Occasion…” eventually became “Elegy” and was the final/anchor poem in my first chapbook, Clerk of the Dead. I very much appreciate the opportunity you gave this little poem to be introduced to the world for the first time. It has a lasting place in my book because of your kindness in accepting it. All the best to you for continued success with your new Zingara projects! Warm regards, Alan Author of Clerk of the Dead available athttp://www.mainstreetrag.com https://AlanPerryPoetry.com

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    1. Lisa Hase-Jackson Avatar

      I deeply appreciate your sharing this and learning of your poem’s continued evolution. Congratulations on the collection!

  2. Ruth Avatar

    You’ve introduced me to a lot of new poets this month. It’s good to read their words as I struggle to put down what I feel. I will miss your daily poetry prompts /posts but hope you keep blogging. You helped me get scribbling in a notebook again. All good. So many times I have a photograph that goes along with your prompt- an apple, an attic, an ending. Kudos for your Zingara Poetry project.

Always nice to connect.