My Grandpa Larry was born on November 8, 1918, which would make today his 104th birthday. This summer, as part of my experience with the Colorado Writing Project, I wrote a poem about my grandparents’ home on Clyde Drive in Downer’s Grove, Illinois. I was fortunate enough to spend time there as I grew up. […]
Tag: House Poems
Writer’s Memo: I am spending part of this summer immersed in a class called The Colorado Writing Project. Playing with poetry has been just part of the gift of this course. I grew up in a house surrounded by woods. When I was a child, I loved to play and explore out back. For many […]
Writer’s Memo: I am currently taking a wonderful class called the Colorado Writing Project. As part of this, I have been playing with words a lot. Poetry is one of my favorite forms to write. This poem captures a new mom (me) just a week or so home from the hospital with her new baby […]
