Archive - lullabies & alarms

Beyond sing-song

End rhymes are only one of many varieties of rhyme.

Jun 4 •

Elisabeth Blair

April 2025

Rhetoric Great & Small

Apr 15 •

Elisabeth Blair

February 2025

Delete the harmers' words and reconstruct them to center the harmed.

Feb 15 •

Elisabeth Blair

January 2025

The art and craft of encasing voices.

Jan 15 •

Elisabeth Blair

December 2024

Poetry that's also fiction.

Dec 15, 2024 •

Elisabeth Blair

November 2024

No experience required

Why my response to "is it good poetry?" is yes.

Nov 2, 2024 •

Elisabeth Blair

October 2024

A class / slashes / & a task

Poetry revision course / the mighty slash / a spooky writing challenge.

Oct 2, 2024 •

Elisabeth Blair

August 2024

Owen Dodson—extraordinary & out of print

"Wake up, boy, and tell me how you died."

Aug 24, 2024 •

Elisabeth Blair

July 2024

Glorious little lines.

Jul 11, 2024

May 2024

Knowing when to quit.

When is a poem "finished"?

May 18, 2024 •

Elisabeth Blair

April 2024

Lamb-eyes, lathes, & buoyancy.

My responses to your poetry challenges—plus a new challenge for you.

Apr 30, 2024 •

Elisabeth Blair

March 2024

I ❤️ the generosity of the poetry community.

Mar 31, 2024 •

Elisabeth Blair

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