Every December, I take a deep dive into National Public Radio’s Books We Love list. Books are endlessly fascinating to me and NPR’s recommendations guide my holiday shopping as well as my To Be Read/ Listened To list for the upcoming year. I am starting off 2024 with 40 creativity prompts drawn from the books NPR’s staff loved in 2023. … Continue reading NPR’s Books We Love Creativity Prompt Challenge on Brave & Reckless
Indie Blu(e) Publishing’s 5th Anniversary Creativity Prompt Challenge
In November of 2018, Kindra M. Austin and I took a leap of faith and launched Indie Blu(e) Publishing with the publication of our first anthology, We Will Not Be Silenced: The Lived Experience of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Told Powerfully Through Poetry, Prose, Essay, and Art. We Will Not Be Silenced would not have been possible without the … Continue reading Indie Blu(e) Publishing’s 5th Anniversary Creativity Prompt Challenge
Now Available from Indie Blu(e) Publishing: Darker Objects by Christine E. Ray and Friends
Darker Objects would not be possible without the involvement of Go Dog Go Cafe baristas Michael Erickson, Devereaux Frazier, Stephen Fuller, and Megha Sood. “In this ambitious multi-genre, multi-vocal project, Christine E. Ray and Friends weave together poems, essays and visual artwork that speak of grief, rage, memories, hauntings and dreamscapes. These works, as both … Continue reading Now Available from Indie Blu(e) Publishing: Darker Objects by Christine E. Ray and Friends
Join the fun & creativity: Darker Objects Prompt Challenge
In honor of the publication of my third collection of poetry and prose, Darker Objects, I am hosting a Darker Objects Creativity Prompt Challenge. It would be an honor and a pleasure to post your prompt responses on Brave & Reckless. I welcome poetry, prose, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, essay, and high-res art. Options for participation Choose … Continue reading Join the fun & creativity: Darker Objects Prompt Challenge
Darker Objects Creativity Prompt Challenge
In honor of the upcoming publication of her third collection of poetry and prose, Darker Objects, Christine E. Ray is hosting a Darker Objects Creativity Prompt Challenge for the month of October. Your prompt responses will be published on her blog, Brave & Reckless. She welcomes submissions of original poetry, prose, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, essay, and high-res … Continue reading Darker Objects Creativity Prompt Challenge
Throwback Friday, Grindstone Potion, by Ivor Steven
A mystical piece of fantasy/fiction I originally wrote in July 2018, which has been revised for today's post. Featured Image: Bing. whyou.deviantart.com Grindstone Potion (Revised) Before I unveiled your spellbinding disguise You had gouged out my eyes And splintered my bones With your sorceress stones You did laugh and mock Turning my soul into crushed … Continue reading Throwback Friday, Grindstone Potion, by Ivor Steven
Promote Yourself Monday: March 27, 2023
All Go Dog Go Cafe community members are invited to post one link to one specific piece of their writing (600 words or less please!)
Throwback Friday, Baby Vegetables and Puppy Dogs, by Ivor Steven
Today’s poem I originally wrote in August 2019 Baby Vegetables and Puppy Dogs We can climb the tallest peaks Where there’s the purest thin air to breathe Yet we still dispossess children of their rightful freedom Bagging them in plastic like vegetables in a fridge We can dive into the ocean’s deepest chasms Where without … Continue reading Throwback Friday, Baby Vegetables and Puppy Dogs, by Ivor Steven
Promote Yourself Monday: March 20, 2023
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Throwback Friday, Please! Let The World Stay Green (a Haiku), by Ivor Steven
A poem from St Patrick's Day last year (2022), and here I am again today. Maybe another poem/haiku tomorrow ... it'll be a shortish piece ... I'll be extra tired ... ☘Please, Let The World Stay Green Afternoon / eveningSt Patrick’s Day at Murphy’sIrish songs and cheers https://www.youtube.com/embed/122isznJdto?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent Tullawalla is Available From Jaymah Press:https://www.jaymahpress.com.au/ Ivor … Continue reading Throwback Friday, Please! Let The World Stay Green (a Haiku), by Ivor Steven
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