Absent
Today is a public holiday Chez Crayon.
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Two years down!
Whoa, that went quick. So now I’m two years in to Crayon poetry! If this were an apprenticeship for realsies, that would be halfway. It’s been a hoot: I’m still enjoying it: I see no reason to stop. In the first year, I decided I would post a poem every weekday, excusing public holidays and [...]
Where now, apprentice?
After a year of poetry, I’m feeling bold. I want to keep at it. A year of poetry has lead to a shift in habits of thought and seeing things, which I want to keep. The first twelve months of Crayon Poetry was a simple promise of a poem published every weekday for a year. [...]
A pause in wax trails
There has been a bit of silence around the Crayons lately: around moving house, grieving for a friend and undergoing some other life challenges, poetry has been nudged to one side. It has been disappointing and frustrating for me to do so, but I would like to reassure you that I have not lost sight [...]
The broken crayon, II
Still unwell, our resident poet is taking another couple of days off. Please be patient! She’ll be back soon.
The broken crayon
Our resident poet is sick. Please be patient while we mend her.
A very good place to start
Let’s do ground rules! Remember in primary school, the teacher would give you butcher’s paper and textas and ask everyone to come up with classroom rules, and then say that we were more likely to follow them if we made them up ourselves? That would have worked beautifully if we were actually allowed to make [...]