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Sallie's posts tagged ‘Poetry’

Mary Oliver Is Dead

January 20th, 2019 by  Sallie Bingham   in  Writing Leave a Comment

Mary Oliver, photo copyright Rachael Giese Brown

Her gift seems simple and yet it is neither simple nor common but the “confiding intimacy” of her great poems.

In Writing Poetry

Inhabited by Poetry

January 10th, 2019 by  Sallie Bingham   in  Writing Leave a Comment

Dante Gabriel Rossetti: The Blessed Damozel (wikipedia)

Beginnings of anything are always inspiring, more than middle or ends, which tend to be tedious.

In Writing Poetry

Teaching The Short Story

August 16th, 2011 by  Sallie Bingham   in  Writing Leave a Comment

Cape Cod Writers Conference

My poetry leads me to focus on word choice, the rhythm and sound of language, the flow of sentences—all of which are essential to the success and the intensity of the short story.

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The Last Word - KSFR

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March 12th, 2017
My first reading from The Silver Swan: In Search of Doris Duke. The reading took place on March 7, 2017 at St. John's College Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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