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Category: Inspirations

Where do poems come from? Art? Nature? Dreams? Jackie Craven blogs about the inspirations for her poems.

She Snapped Sister’s Diary Wide

Jackie Inspirations
Abstract swirls with fractured images of a photograph of a face

It’s hard to forget this nightmarish collage. Nevertheless, the images prompted poems.

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The first sip flamed into another sip…

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Hand holding glass with ice. Detail from a painting by Louise Craven Hourrigan

Voice and rhythm became the backbone for a persona poem about a young man reeling out of control.

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Tangled Family Tree

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Tree of Life Candelabra painting by Louise Craven Hourrigan

A fanciful tree of life candelabra hints at family secrets.

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