Tag: Rob Carney

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

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 […]

NO FEE Submission call & editor interview–Sonic Boom, DEADLINE: Nov. 1, 2016

Sonic Boom is a literary & arts journal seeking both solicited and unsolicited experimental poetry, flash fiction, and visual art submissions tri-annually. They “hope to integrate multifarious genres of literature and artwork including Japanese short-forms of poetry, avant-garde, conceptual, and postmodern works of culture and art.” The issues come […]

3 poems, a prompt + submission call–Terrain.org, DEADLINE: May 30, 2016

Rob Carney treats us to three poems (with audio!) for his guest blog post up at Terrain.org this month. Previous posts are full of great ideas to get you writing and what’s more inspiring than poems during National Poetry Month! You can view all his blog posts here. Response poetry […]

My found poem “Just a pocket memory” published by Sonic Boom (next reading period is June 2016)

It’s always amazing to have a found poem accepted for publication! My poem “Just a pocket memory,” an erasure poem from Rob Carney’s "Just Once I'd Like to Sneak Up on the Wind" (Story Problems, Somondoco Press) is included in issue five of Sonic Boom. Sonic Boom is a literary & arts journal that […]

Gravitational Pull–a poem and prompt to write about the moon

Rob Carney shares some of his most memorable moments with the moon in his December blog post for his series Old Roads, New Stories: A Blog Series on Terrain.org. The blog posts are short and full of writing inspiration. This post provides a great example of how to attend to the details that […]

Where do jack-o-lanterns come from? (Write your own origin poem/story)

Rob Carney gives his take on  the origin story of jack-o-lanterns in his Folklore blog post for his series Old Roads, New Stories: A Blog Series on Terrain.org. The blog posts are short and full of writing inspiration. This one is a great example of an origin story. Use comfortable and creative […]

What is an "Inventory of Weird" and how can it push your writing to the next level?

Rob Carney explains exactly what he means by “Inventory of Weird” in his Evolution blog post for his series Old Roads, New Stories: A Blog Series on Terrain.org. The blog posts are short and full of poetry wisdom. This one focuses on how to watch for the weird and then […]

What is an “Inventory of Weird” and how can it push your writing to the next level?

Rob Carney explains exactly what he means by “Inventory of Weird” in his Evolution blog post for his series Old Roads, New Stories: A Blog Series on Terrain.org. The blog posts are short and full of poetry wisdom. This one focuses on how to watch for the weird and then […]

Don’t miss Terrain.org guest blog post and poetry by Rob Carney

I may be a bit biased (because I’ve sat in on his classes and enjoyed his performance poetry for years), but Rob Carney’s recent guest blog post Trigonometry discussing poetry, nature, and myth is not to be missed. It’s poetic in and of itself and will give you […]

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