Author: Merrill Lee Girardeau
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What I do is me: the sonnet
I recently attended a Jeffersonian dinner where we all brought sonnets and read them aloud in turn. We had a lovely time with Shakespeare, Keats, and a crowd-sourced cento. I might or might not have asked the class—er, table of adults—what the two types of sonnets are. I’m incorrigible. To wit: the sonnet is a…
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Boxing Pikachu
I make a little blue star on my calendar for every day I write something creative. Creative counts as poetry, fiction, lyrical essays, and reviews of media I consume. I don’t count these posts or the writing I do for work. I have 19 blue stars on the calendar for January. Hallelujah for that. These…
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Winter Mad Libs
Writing in the morning, my brain is still blunted by sleep. I sit on my couch like an idiot, eating a muffin, my thoughts all in halves. We morning writers are supposed to be closer to our dreams, our minds still unwinding and better equipped for weird associative leaps like winter mad libs. I remain…
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13 Ways of Looking Format
Hello, poets. By way of catch-up/reminder: I’m Merrill Lee, a poet who poets 5 days a week and blogs about it RIGHT HERE. Welcome! I have no “goals,” no grand artistic vision, no manuscript (ok fine I have a manuscript, but we don’t have to talk about it). Every day I show up to the…
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Who, if I cried out—
Greetings, Lanciverse! I’m Merrill Lee Girardeau, and I’m a writer. [Writers Anonymous, together: Hi, Merrill Lee.] Lance asked me to write about poetry for the site, and here I am. Psyched to be here and connect with y’all. These posts will document my attempts to stick to a writing regimen this year. The plan…