by peralta | Jul 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
“She’d seem strong- willed somehow. Woman like her imagined the forest paths.” Betty, a member of United Church Homes’ Harmar Place Community in Marietta, Ohio, wrote those lines during a recent poem RENOVATION workshop. She conjured up a vibrant...
by peralta | Jul 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
A while back, my poet friend, Alison, suggested the following tagline for poem RENOVATION: “Sounds like home.” Yes, “poem” sounds like home. And “home” is a word you’d expect to find paired with “renovation.” But I couldn’t see how that tagline connected...
