Elizabeth G. Howard https://elizabethhoward.net/ Writer. Demand Poet. Wed, 23 Aug 2023 12:47:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://elizabethhoward.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/EH-Favicon-for-elizabethhowardnet-150x150.png Elizabeth G. Howard https://elizabethhoward.net/ 32 32 Fall 2023 Writing Workshop – Sign up now. https://elizabethhoward.net/2023/08/writing-workshop-fall-2023/ Wed, 23 Aug 2023 12:44:40 +0000 https://elizabethhoward.net/?p=1120

I am thrilled to be partnering with Art School KC to offer “Art School Writing Workshop” coming Fall 2023.

Course Description:

“Build your writing craft, wherever you are in your process!

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]]> My business, my art: Spring 2022 @ Artist Inc https://elizabethhoward.net/2022/04/my-business-my-art/ Sun, 24 Apr 2022 20:07:52 +0000 https://elizabethhoward.net/?p=1007 Artist Inc KC Spring cohort 2022 wraps April 25

On Monday, April 25, 2022, I will be in the blackbox theatre at Charlotte Street Foundation, sharing the business of my art.

But it won’t be just me.

In the last … Read the rest “My business, my art: Spring 2022 @ Artist Inc”

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]]> bias pleats https://elizabethhoward.net/2022/04/bias-pleats/ Fri, 15 Apr 2022 16:25:00 +0000 https://elizabethhoward.net/?p=728 all the boys liked to grab
sarah’s boob one or
the other
when they passed her
locker like
she was a sideshow attraction
a free one
they’d honk the flesh like
an old car horn
some even making the
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]]> Demand Poetry Live 2021 https://elizabethhoward.net/2021/11/demand-poetry-live-2021/ Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:10:31 +0000 https://elizabethhoward.net/?p=917 Hey all, it’s time — finally! — for Demand Poetry Live!

Join me @DemandPoet my first live custom poetry event in Missouri. I can’t wait to be back at the keys, out in the world, anywhere but inside my … Read the rest “Demand Poetry Live 2021”

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]]> 3 Reasons to Love Poetry https://elizabethhoward.net/2021/02/3-reasons-to-love-poetry/ Fri, 12 Feb 2021 22:30:53 +0000 https://elizabethhoward.net/?p=789 Ew, David. Poetry. But what is it about poems that make them so special?

It’s Valentine’s Day weekend — the time to celebrate all kinds of love in our lives. Traditional gifts for V-Day include cards, roses, chocolate, … Read the rest “3 Reasons to Love Poetry”

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]]> Return Address https://elizabethhoward.net/2018/04/return-address/ Tue, 17 Apr 2018 00:30:25 +0000 https://elizabethhoward.net/?p=735 The return address gives me pause.
It’s not the name, not the street number
Not the color of the Sharpie ink.
I’d forgotten the lean of your
Hand. That is,
I didn’t forget it. I’d have
Known it was from … Read the rest “Return Address”

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]]> Getaway https://elizabethhoward.net/2018/04/getaway/ https://elizabethhoward.net/2018/04/getaway/#comments Sun, 08 Apr 2018 01:00:00 +0000 https://elizabethhoward.net/?p=725 Let’s go on a little
Getaway, a little road trip, let’s
Escape the ho-hum, hum drum
The wires, the cables,
Electrical charges, the
Notifications the reminders, let’s
You and me just
Getaway from it all let’s
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]]> https://elizabethhoward.net/2018/04/getaway/feed/ 2 The Wilderness Inside https://elizabethhoward.net/2018/04/the-wilderness-inside/ Thu, 05 Apr 2018 17:09:31 +0000 https://elizabethhoward.net/?p=722 Arriving at the fair, this annual trek we
Take to the hills of central Connecticut
I marvel again at the size of the whole
Ordeal, the mounds of raw chicken
Cooking in even rows
The art projects
Sorted by medium… Read the rest “The Wilderness Inside”

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]]> Identity is a Broken Hinge https://elizabethhoward.net/2018/04/identity-is-a-broken-hinge/ Wed, 04 Apr 2018 17:01:18 +0000 https://elizabethhoward.net/?p=719 Identity is a broken hinge on which
The closet door of self hangs
The loose screws gasping to hang on
Exhausted sheet rock shredding,
Lost in a memory of its former self.

A cry out! Ayyy me! OH the
Agony … Read the rest “Identity is a Broken Hinge”

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]]> The ABCs of Band Names (and Other Diseases) https://elizabethhoward.net/2018/04/band-names-diseases/ Tue, 03 Apr 2018 16:29:48 +0000 https://elizabethhoward.net/?p=710 Band names also diseasesAuto-Brewery Syndrome
Basorexia
Clinomania
Dry Socket
Excessive Sweating
Flat Feet
Galactorrhea
Hot Tub Rash
Iron Overload
Jumping Frenchmen of Maine
Kala-Azar
Laughing Death
Mary Hart Syndrome
Nintendonitis
Ototoxicity
Pica Went the Magpie
Qat Fever
Rhinotillexomania
Swimmer’s Itch
Trench Mouth
Underage … Read the rest “The ABCs of Band Names (and Other Diseases)”

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