#susan goldsmith wooldridge

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Reading June 2023

Read: The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers

Reading: Discovering Your Soul Signature: A 33-Day Path to Purpose, Passion & Joy by Panache Desai Make a Name for Yourself: 8 Steps Every Woman Needs to Create a Personal Brand Strategy for Success by Robin Fisher Roffer Poemcrazy by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge Don't Read Poetry by Stephanie Burt The Essex Serpent: A Novel by Sarah Perry The Yellow Fairy Book ed. Andrew Lang

Series / General Interest: "Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories..." anthologies Dorothy L. Sayers Omnibus of Crime (series) * Jack Zipes * music theory * Tintin / Hergé

To Read: The Poisoner's Handbook ed. Raymond T. Bond Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural ed. Henry Mazzeo A Treasury of Great Mysteries ed. Howard Haycraft & John Beecroft Folklore 101: An Accessible Introduction to Folklore by Dr. Jeana Jorgensen Fairy Tales 101: An Accessible Introduction to Fairy Tales by Dr. Jeana Jorgensen Babel by R. F. Kuang Singing School by Robert Pinsky The Sober Lush by Jardine Libaire, Amanda Ward Swedish Folktales and Legends by by Lone Thygesen Blecher, George Blecher From the Forest by Sara Maitland Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger by Soraya Chemaly The Elements of Song Craft: The Contemporary Songwriter’s Usage Guide To Writing Songs That Last by Billy Seidman Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong The Hunter and Other Stories by Dashiell Hammett The Nice Girl Syndrome: Stop Being Manipulated and Abused -- and Start Standing Up for Yourself by Beverly Engel The Assertiveness Guide for Women: How to Communicate Your Needs, Set Healthy Boundaries & Transform Your Relationships by Julie de Azevedo Hanks, PhD, LCSW Of Sound Mind: How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World by Nina Kraus You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive by Marc Brackett Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief by David Kessler The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully by Frank Ostaseski What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey Sensitive Is the New Strong: The Power of Empaths in an Increasingly Harsh World by Anita Moorjani Rude: Stop Being Nice and Start Being Bold by Rebecca Reid The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World by Trevor Cox The Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

Bedtime Reading: A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath The French Revolution by Ian Davidson The Blue Fairy Book ed. Andrew Lang

[stumblingoverchaos]

I'm taking a class called The Minimalist Art Journal. We'll see how I do with THAT. :D

"It's a paradox that structure brings freedom....But freedom for one person can be bondage for another." -Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge, poemcrazy: Freeing your life with words (1995)

Watercolor, Kuretake #7 pen.

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Finished April 10, 2021. Four stars.

Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge

The cover of this book is a fairly accurate representation of the content inside: light-hearted, playful, and just a little woo-woo. Wooldridge writes of all these techniques and exercises for how she gets into the poetry mindset and it’s not at all prescriptive--some chapters are just vignettes of her experiences that felt like poetry or later turned into a poem or got her into that frame of mind, not necessarily prompts or exercises on how to write poetry itself, though there is a decent amount of that as well. Her take on poetry is one that’s somehow both reverent and laid back. For Wooldridge, poetry is where she asks questions, digs deep into herself, expresses herself. One of the things that I love about reading about poetry is the reminder that it really is a mindset. I remember when I taught one class of ninth graders about poetry, to open the unit I asked what poetry was or wasn’t and one very smug kid was like “it’s everything so it’s nothing” and I was like YES let’s keep that energy even though I know you’re being sarcastic and fake deep!!! But like, that’s kind of the point of Wooldridge’s exercises and book? The thing only becomes poetry when you pay attention to it. Dang, if only I had read this book before I taught that unit.

[amaised44]

Alone I open my senses.

Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge

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My friend Chris says a woodland plant identification course changed her life. It reminded her of getting glasses in the sixth grade and suddenly seeing each rock that made up the gravel. Before the plant class, Chris says, 'The woods were all just kinda green.' After the class Chris saw bunchberry, bedstraw, miner's lettuce, twinflower, twisted stalk and goat'sbeard.

Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge, Poemcrazy

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How to Transform Words Into Writing Inspiration - by Melissa Donovan…

How to Transform Words Into Writing Inspiration – by Melissa Donovan…

on Writing Forward: I recently flipped through my copy of Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge’s Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words and after just a couple of chapters, my imagination was on fire. I’m always looking for new ways to inspire writing ideas, and lately I’ve been thinking that we should talk more about a writer’s most basic building blocks: words. Using words as a way to come up with…

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“Image is the root of imagination.” ― Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge

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I can’t stand to lose anything. That’s part of what all this writing is about for me. I create a container around me so I won’t lose myself. I won’t just evaporate into the universe unannounced or undefined. I write to catch myself. Me. Who is me? I’m a row of little black books filled with tiny writing. I’m pasted-in pictures, scribbles, drawings and poems. It’s hard for me to see myself. When I put words on paper, in poems, in journals, there’s evidence I exist. Here’s my beauty, my vanity, fear, joy, loneliness. Me. If I put words in poems, I can begin to see my value. A mirror shows me my face, a poem shows me my soul.

Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge, from Poemcrazy

[iamthetulip]

"My friend Mary Ann told me once about a lizard trapped in a room where she was housesitting. She couldn't rescue the lizard because it was afraid of her, so it died, hiding from its source of freedom. This made Mary Ann think that often what we fear the most might be what frees us."

-Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge, from poemcrazy

In the chapter this quote comes from, she's speaking about how many people are "afraid" of poetry.

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Poetry Quotes. “Words begin to fall into poems” Photo L.L. Barkat. More quotes WordCandy.me.

Love words? Visit Tweetspeak Poetry

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More for ICAD 2018 - the prompts were patisserie, playing card, curtains, and compass.

Patisserie 46: Not at all gluten-free, so I will never be able to eat here. Looks lovely, tho.

Playing Card: "Woe, the tragic Jack of Clubs!"

"A poem is like a stage with curtains..." -Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge, poemcrazy (1995)

[adarkerstretchofmind]

Best teachers ever.

[amaised44]

When counseled to worship the god in him, I've heard that D. H. Lawrence commented, 'Well, I'm many gods.'

poemcrazy by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge

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Let a poem write itself as if you were taking dictation from a pen.

Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge, in poemcrazy: freeing your life with words

[iamthetulip]

"I guess I'm afraid of bats too when they fly near me at dusk in our yard. And I don't like those slow, dusty moths, either. I wonder if people also fear poems because of their erratic flight?"

-Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge, from poemcrazy

[wordcandyme]

Poetry Quotes. “A mirror shows me my face, a poem shows me my soul” Photo by L.L. Barkat. For more quotes on images, visit WordCandy.me

More poetry, visit Tweetspeak Poetry