Valuing Simple Creative Time
Valuing Simple Creative Time: The Night Under My Wing Last week, I had the privilege of spending two days with some 6th grade students, when I was hired through the Arts Council to do a creative writing program with them. In only two days, you can only do so much of a program. And also,…
How to Write a Poem
by Shaun Perkins There is a wonderful French police drama called Capitaine Marleau, in which the title character solves crimes in a unique way, without “thinking” or “believing.” Her response to her colleagues who ask her, “What do you think?” is “I don’t think. I observe.” And her response to the question, “What do you…
Eros in September
The dotted dirt floor around Psyche’s feet pulled me into a story of another’s trials. I held the image of my love for a few seconds, and then I turned away, turned back to the stories of childhood. Even my non-human childhood held stories, for we always wanted to understand how human minds worked.…
Don’t Fear the Poem . . . or the Museum
I’m working at the ROMP Rummage Store today, and as always, I’m trying to get customers to go to the museum–it’s only 2 miles outside of town. It’s easy to find. The door is open, the lights are on, air conditioner going. A lot of people have no interest in poetry. One woman today said,…
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About Me
Shaun Perkins is the director of the Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry. Before she opened the museum in 2012, she started a blog on this site. Many of the old posts can be found here. On April 1, 2021, she started writing new blog posts for all things poetry related. The posts should appear weekly. Message her if you have something you would like her to cover.
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