Articles related to "Robert Bly"

Robert Bly's 5-line poem is a fascinating conglomeration of images that results in a facile display of redundancy and a unfortunate missed opportunity.

A paraphrase of Bly's "The Cat in the Kitchen" might be, "A man falling into a pond is like the night wind which is like an old woman in the kitchen cooking for her cat.

In Getting Started as a Freelance Writer, Robert W. Bly provides a comprehensive introduction to the business of freelance writing.

When writing web copy, there are key rules to follow. This article details the nine fundamentals of writing persuasive online copy, as identified by expert Robert Bly.

According to Bly, American readers "can't tell when a man is counterfeiting and when he isn't." What might this view of one's audience imply for one's artistic integrity?

Men can organize book clubs to enhance their friendships, devise tailor-made rules, and prove that a males' night out can be literate rather than sock 'em, rock 'em.

Missed opportunities dot most lives. Few poems put memories of them in such life-affirming perspective as well as Stafford's "In the White Sky."

Yes, it's a legitimate poetry form. And this lyric, shaped by the power of the sentence, may be the best way for a writer to express the ideas of a quirky imagination.

Alden Nowlan escaped Nova Scotia's poverty and hopelessness, but his best poems remained rooted in the region's desolation and its pitiless people.

Speed up your maturity as a poet by understanding practiced methods of using allitteration.

Iron John by Eric A Kimmel with illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman is a wonderful introduction for both young and old to a fairy tale that is unfamiliar to most.

The ghazal is an exciting form that emerged in Persia and is still intriguing to today's post-modern sensibilities and rhythms.

Compiled from two of his lectures, this essay appeared in Donald Hall's collection Poetry and Ambition: Essays 1982-88.

From the hills of the Ozarks to a cotton farm in northeast Arkansas, these books take the reader into various parts of the Natural State.

Fear is a necessary emotion. It offers protection from danger. However, when fear stops you from doing the things you want to do it is time to stop the fear.

One might well argue that anyone who writes is "constantly risking absurdity." But Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poem dramatizes how especially true it is of the poet.

Canadian poet and folk singer Leonard Cohen combined poetry and popular song throughout his career, intuitively rejecting distinctions between "high" and "low" art.

Set in Georgian England, Eloisa James offers a series of entertaining romances sure to delight fans of historical fiction looking for a fun, light-hearted read.

The winners of the 2009 Audie Awards have announced. Winners include some bestsellers as well as one or two surprises.

Rod McKuen's musical and entertainment accomplishments are undermined by his claim to the title of poet; his so-called "poems" exemplify the work of a poetaster.

The beginning of love is the realization that without loving another, our lives are empty. Don't live an empty life. Make a connection. Reach out.

Leo Burnett said "great copy and great ideas are deceptively simple." But other advertising leaders have had some more detailed thoughts on copywriting. Here are a few.

Carl Jung's concept of the persona plays key role in self development by protecting the ego and allowing full expression of personal identity.