For a peek into my academic work, and a chance to learn a little more about writing, poetry, or literary studies, have a look at some of the PowerPoint Slideshows I've written over the years! These presenations represent just a fraction of the work I've done. They'll go in chonological order from oldest at the top to newest at the bottom, so you'll even see how I've grown. :) 

Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom by John C. Bean is a reading I had to reflect on for professional developement at my job at the University Writing Center at ECU. We read the chapter "Responding to Student Writing" and I think a lot of the advice can apply to Neopoet, if we change the nouns from "teachers" and "students" to "writers" and "readers".

Hello everyone!

Here is a poetry and inspiration board I have started on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/strangescholar/poetry-and-artistic-inspiration/

I hope you enjoy and please let me know if there are additional resources you would like for me to share. 

Take care,

Kelsey 

Some articles about great poets of past and present!

In recent writing eras, in the Western world at least, we saw a move toward minimalism and realism, such as the realistic and naturalistic writers of late 19th century and early 20th century America. Naturalism is considered the writing of “grim realism” in which the author is an observer of their characters (Kennedy and Gioia 122). This time period was marked by the globalization of literature thanks to ever-growing and ever-quickening forms of transportation and communication (Puchner, et al 625).

"It’s getting late …
The early apricots start to shine,
              forty-watt bulbs
Against the sundowned and mottled plain.

No word for time, no word for God, landscape exists outside
            each.

But stays, incurable ache, both things,
And bears me out as evening darkens and steps forth,
                    my body snug in my life
As a gun in its carrying case,
As an old language, an old address"

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Hello everyone!

Sorry I've been away. We have had two episodes of dangerous winter weather over the past few weeks. I leave at the beach, in the south, we're not prepared for ice or snow! I got power back Friday and Internet access back yesterday.

See you around. :)

"Night after night, I lie down cold
in that life again, where nothing has changed
in the opaque stillness, the dry sound of insects,
smell of swamp musk and lime.
If I could only let the darkness cover you,
a kind of coat but penetrable,
a way water is a garment
opening its arms to hold you
and hold you, until your face is the swamp’s face
and there is nothing left to understand."