Sara Backer's Blog, page 6
June 10, 2019
Blue Inside Green
My unrhymed sonnet "Blue Inside Green" about how a child learns, how something as common as nesting bowls can shape our futures, is published in Snapdragon: A Journal of Art & Healing, 5.2
May 19, 2019
"Meet Ryszard Krynicki"
That's the title of my article which appears in the May/Summer 2019 issue of The Writer's Chronicle, sponsored by Association of Writers & Writing Programs. This is a big deal. (awpwriter.org)
This Polish poet writes poems that feel, as Jan Blonski said, "like a shot in the heart." Krynicki is a master of compression and compassion. He is in the Nobel Prize league.
Although you can't read it online (unless you're an AWP member), if you care about poetry, please find it in the library of any university with an MFA program or sometimes in enlightened Barnes & Nobles or independent book stores. It's the most important thing I've ever written.
This Polish poet writes poems that feel, as Jan Blonski said, "like a shot in the heart." Krynicki is a master of compression and compassion. He is in the Nobel Prize league.
Although you can't read it online (unless you're an AWP member), if you care about poetry, please find it in the library of any university with an MFA program or sometimes in enlightened Barnes & Nobles or independent book stores. It's the most important thing I've ever written.
April 30, 2019
Springerle
This poem is autobiographical. Springerle were good cookies to send to American troops in Germany during the Second World War because they had no butter. Only three ingredients; eggs, butter, and flour. I have my own mold, now, and bake them every December.
The poem is published in Hawaii Pacific Review: https://hawaiipacificreview.org/2019/04/29/springerle/?fbclid=IwAR1Ruv_vANQiSA4KYGif8pBqJpkoRtZ_8ihcEGNcj-Se5pYbl19Ycn-bIPM
The poem is published in Hawaii Pacific Review: https://hawaiipacificreview.org/2019/04/29/springerle/?fbclid=IwAR1Ruv_vANQiSA4KYGif8pBqJpkoRtZ_8ihcEGNcj-Se5pYbl19Ycn-bIPM
April 29, 2019
No Moon Midnight
I'm so pleased that Moria published my poem "No Moon Midnight" and with a stunning photo of a sunset. This one received much praise on Facebook. How baffling than something so personal is what resonated with so many--but that's practically a definition of poetry.
Here's the link: https://www.moriaonline.com/issue-three/2019/4/29/no-moon-midnight-by-sara-backer?fbclid=IwAR1rYgbKD-LghlcIvF4gLQjWFZtT13om-OJNoXUx_kmSISr_sBPs5rapHfQ
Here's the link: https://www.moriaonline.com/issue-three/2019/4/29/no-moon-midnight-by-sara-backer?fbclid=IwAR1rYgbKD-LghlcIvF4gLQjWFZtT13om-OJNoXUx_kmSISr_sBPs5rapHfQ
April 18, 2019
The Winter of Our Marriage
Ah, cabin fever--white walls, white snow. Published in SWWIM: https://www.swwim.org/blog/2019/4/18/the-winter-of-our-marriage
April 3, 2019
The Genius
A very aberrant loose sonnet published in Writing in a Woman's Voice. (Originally appeared in Mithila Review.) Enjoy: https://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-genius-by-sarabacker-shes.html
January 10, 2019
Pencil Leaf
This short poem came out of a prompt to pair two random words. The words became my title. You can read it online at Turtle Island Quarterly (10 Jan 2019).
I Can Do Nothing for the Woman in the Air-Conditioned Room
Read Dante Alighieri's Canto III of The Inferno and then go to Nonbinary Review to read my 21st century example. What better way to celebrate New Year's Day?
(Anyone else remember the one-hit wonder "Just Walk Away Renee"?)
(Anyone else remember the one-hit wonder "Just Walk Away Renee"?)
Oh, What a Night!
This prose poem combines hallucination with memory to achieve insight. Published on December 31 in one of my favorite online site, Journal of Compressed Creative Arts.
