Daily Archives Monday, May 2006

Poetry Close Reading: Quarantine by Eavon Boland

See this writeboard for an up-to-the-minute updated version. Since there is no way to edit these posts without losing one’s sanity. In the worst hour of the worst seasonof the worst year of a whole peoplea man set out from the workhouse with his wife.He was walking—they were both walking—north. This powerful poem begins with [...]

Final Reflection v.1

So. What was EL170 for me? EL170 was a turning point, for one. It wasn’t until I wrote my creative non-fiction piece that I realized I might actually have sometime to offer as a writer, and that it might be something to consider for my future. The feedback I received on that piece, and on [...]