Her first book of poetry, “I’m Going to Pet a Worm Today,” was published in 1991, when she was 60 years old. She is a former elementary grade teacher and adjunct college instructor.
Dr Sanjeev Chopra Authors of most books published in the last two years – and I know this from reading the Prologue/Preface/Acknowledgments in books nominated for the Valley of Words Book Awards – ...
Understanding the subject of a poem The first thing you should do when given a poem is read its title carefully. The title should give you some ideas of the poem’s subject, tone, or genre.
Years ago, Chanie Gorkin, a then 17-year-old girl from New York, wrote a poem entitled: “Worst Day Ever.” It was for an assignment at school. “It took me a few hours to write,” Gorkin said. “I was ...