Personal Helicon

[...] he felt upon completing this poem. This shaft is also the central image in his poem Personal Helicon. Which begins with the lines: As a child, they could not keep me from wells And old pumps [...]

[...] am going to begin writing blogs consistently. I am even going to create a Facebook Page for Personal Helicon and post this mess of a blog for all my friends to see, which (to be perfectly honest) [...]

[...] The post You can’t wait for inspiration… appeared first on Personal Helicon. [...]

[...] paint. It’s as simple and as difficult as that. The post I am only a poet… appeared first on Personal Helicon. [...]

[...] the insatiable. And, it is no exaggeration for me to say that I felt a dizzy adoration for Seamus Heaney that can only be described as young love. It’s difficult to recount what exactly so [...]

[...] critic is speaking directly to you. So instead of jotting down, “I am not a real writer; I’m just a phony,”  you should write, “You are not a real writer; you are just [...]

[...] our best interests by nagging us with negative thoughts and self-doubts through the Critical Inner Voice. The Critical Inner Voice is like a twisted coach that lives inside our heads, constantly [...]

[...] In her lovely TED Talk, Julie Burnstein describes how “creativity grows out of everyday experiences,” and offers these four lessons [...]

[...] I had the good fortune of stumbling across Cristina Domenech’s wonderful TED Talk today. This talk, which centers around teaching poetry in prison, [...]

[...] is an exercise adapted from Cameron’s The Artist’s Way that is useful for challenging your inner critic.) Although, it may be impossible to completely rid your mind of any self- [...]

“Learning the craft is learning to turn the windlass at the well of poetry. Usually you begin by dropping the bucket halfway down the shaft and wind [...]