Kelly Bennett's Blog, page 25
November 4, 2022
What Inspires Me? Women in Baseball
Baseball! Baseball! Baseball! As I write the
World Series 2022
—Phillies vs Astros or Astros vs Phillies—which team goes first at this point is still anyone’s bet! This past spring and summer—through the more than 3-month long MLB owner-imposed Lockout, frenetic Spring Training, Regular and Po...
Poetry Challenge #268-Playing with Lines
I recall a few truths about lines from Geometry 101: A line can move in both directions; it has no beginning and no end with an endless number of points in between.
I saw these truths in black on white during a recent field trip to Governor’s Island* where artist Shantell Martin’s black line ...
October 31, 2022
Fin Pal asks Norman "Do you like scary books?"
PSSSST! Do you want to know a s...
October 27, 2022
Poetry Challenge #267-The Brave Bold Catalogue of ___
Want to toss a wet blanket over a group of boisterous adults (“adults” meaning literate and over 30…or precocious teen) all one need do is mention Sylvia Plath. Immediately one of three things will happen:
Plath’s semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, written under the pen name Victoria ...
October 24, 2022
What Inspires Me? Visual Verse
A picture is worth a thousand words…the adage goes…and, as Visual Verse proves oh so many ideas!
As you may or may not know, about 2500 days ago, along with Cindy Faughnan, I challenged myself to write a poem a day. (Note: I didn’t say “good poem” I just said “a” poem, for most often, the re...
October 19, 2022
Poetry Challenge #266-Kiss'd Me-Kiss'd Me
Leigh Hunt, who was born on October 19, 1784, is known for introducing many famous poets of the time to the public: Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, Robert Browning, and Alfred Tennyson.
...October 17, 2022
What Inspires Me? Being Alice
Ever wondered what it would be like to literally slide down that rabbit hole? Actually, be Alice? I have! And I’m thinking everyone who’s ever read Louis Carroll’s Adventures in Wonderland has too. Before now “Imaging” —or dressing up on Halloween—was as far as we went—let ourselves go—could ...
October 12, 2022
Poetry Challenge #265-Eugenio Montale's Eyes
It's Italian poet Eugenio Montale's birthday, born 10/12/1896. As well as being a poet, Montale worked as an accountant and loved to study literature, languages, and music. He was studying to be a baritone in operas when WWI began. After serving in the war, he became a journalist and wrote ma...
October 10, 2022
What Inspires Me? Netflix Storytime!
Netflix! Ahhhhhhhhh I see you racing around waving your arms in hysterical frenzy at the thought of a—gasp!— “children’s book author” mentioning the word.
Horrors!Be real. Parents! Teachers! Caregivers! Grands! Our kiddos—your kiddos—watch Netflix. We all know that and it is not terribly insp...
October 5, 2022
Poetry Challenge #264-Judith Kerman by Definition
October 5th is bling-ringed on my calendar—in metallic pens with sparkles—and always has been as it’s my big brother Joe’s birthday and my recently departed mother-in-law, Adele’s birthday. Add to that BIL Paul, SIL Ryan, on the 6th & 7th respectively, and Grandboy Jack on the 11th. Libras al...
