Kennings – the metaphor of Skalds

March 20, 2014

Welcome poets, today I thought we should learn about kennings. A kenning is a very brief metaphoric phrase or compound …

Poetics: Color me spring ~

March 18, 2014

Hi everyone ! Is it spring already? I am imagining bright colors bursting forth from the garden and birds …

March 17, 2014

In the swiss company I work for, we have people from 34 nations working side by side, desk to desk, …

March 13, 2014

Growing up, we had a piano that sat in the living room, on which my mother learned to play and …

March 11, 2014

We often are told to look at the big picture and to stop worrying about the minutia. Poets, though, I …