Prose Online

Selected essays and articles by Jackie Craven

The Tao of Taos, originally in the Providence Sunday Journal and other papers
Whirlwind Tourists Do Japan, originally in the Providence Sunday Journal and other papers
Wales Awakens the Wizard Within, originally in the Providence Sunday Journal
Hay Castle, Home of a Self-Made King, originally in the Providence Sunday Journal
Belgium’s Castles Offer Cozy Comforts, originally in the Providence Sunday Journal and other papers

What Is Narrative Poetry? ~ Definition and Examples
Found Poetry ~ Reading and Writing Blackouts, Erasures, and Other Literary Remixes
Enjambment ~ How Poets Break Lines, and Why
Hypertext ~ Writing Linked Tales
Magical Realism ~ Daily Life Turns Magical
Ekphrastic Poetry ~ A Writer Finds Messages in Her Mother’s Art
Ekphrastic Poetry ~ How Poets Engage With Art
Free Verse ~ Definition & Examples
Blank Verse ~ Listen for the Beat in These Metered Poems
Lyric Poetry ~ This Musical Verse Conveys Powerful Feelings
War Poetry ~ From Antiquity Through the Nuclear Age, Poets Respond to Human Conflict
Pablo Neruda ~ Chilean Poet and Diplomat