Poetic Justice – Trish Hopkinson

“In the Beginning was the Word” by Rob Carney via Terrain.org + writing prompt

By Trish Hopkinson on August 23, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Rob Carney presents his readers with two poems as examples of writing myths and origin stories, entitled “Sometimes It Isn't the Same Old Story” and “On Mars as It Is in Heaven.” He also reflects on the current political climate and how “Poems have jobs. They use the […]

“Letter to America” by Rob Carney, guest blog post on Terrain.org + writing prompt

By Trish Hopkinson on November 25, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Rob Carney presents his readers with a poem entitled “Poetic Justice” to reflect on the recent political environment in his November blog post for his series Old Roads, New Stories: A Blog Series on Terrain.org. This blog post includes an audio recording of Carney performing this politics-meets-history-meets-geography-meets-myth poem. I’ve always been intrigued […]