by Janet Wong and Sylvia Vardell A year ago, at the start of the pandemic in the U.S., we wrote a guest post entitled “In This Together,” ce...

 by Brett Vogelsinger Listing images, objects, and ideas in our Writer's Notebook is always a fun way to get the internal gears turning ...

by Ken Bui Langston Hughes’ “Mother to Son” is an uplifting poem centered around a mother imparting wisdom and advice to her son. It’s abo...

by Suzanne Dailey Stories are hidden in the nooks and crannies of our home. Oftentimes, these stories happen when we are doing ordinary thin...

 by Rebekah O'Dell During "Pandemic School" -- a term my colleague coined to encapsulate the general chaos and turmoil we are ...

by Allison Marchetti In the age of social media, most of us have been the recipient of an unkind message or comment. Deleting or ignoring t...

by John Waite The poem “The Laughing Heart” by Charles Bukowski features simple language but enough linguistic flourishes and ambiguities ...

by Don Kemball "Autobiography in Five Short Chapters" by Portia Nelson is one of my favourite poems for discussing the topic of h...