By Any Other Name

Favorite Childhood Poetry 4

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Cameron Drew) — Sat, 19 May 2012 22:59:00 +0000

Although I thought that I had completed my three-part series on my childhood favorites, today as I was surfing I discovered this beautiful artwork by Scott Gustafson and was reminded of this gem by Edward Lear, that I so loved as a child. I just had to share. Perhaps I will continue these from time to time.

From the Poetry and Art Blogs, to the "Arts" Blog

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Cameron Drew) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:58:00 +0000

Knighted One
Michele Cameron Drew

Along with blogging, painting and working on my new book, A Thousand Days, recent events have included some insanity related distraction as I have been rebuilding my blogging "empire", but I'm not letting it get me down anymore.
It seems like when I begin writing, every bit of drama that can possibly invade my life finds a way to do just that. It makes me want to rent an office outside of my seven room house, but I am always working on a solution. Ever on I press to be present on the lighted screen, to share my heart, my thoughts, my dreams, my vision.

Sonnet CDXXI(421)

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Cameron Drew) — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 02:37:00 +0000

source

Thy love's a treasure sweet and dost thou know?
Thy heart is one as large as one can be.
Thee holds my thoughts, my dreams, my very soul.
There's no one I could love, as I love thee.

Creative Writing 101: The Benefits of Developing Your Poetic Skills | Writinghood

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Cameron Drew) — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:05:00 +0000

Creative Writing 101: The Benefit of Developing Your Poetic Skills | Writinghood

Poetry is an artform. It is designed to stretch the mind’s eye, touch the heart and entrench the senses… This article by Michele Cameron Drew was inspired by the... [read more]

Favorite Childhood Poetry 3

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Cameron Drew) — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:21:00 +0000

This third and perhaps most important installment which I first enjoyed in a favorite little golden book entitled "A Child's Garden of Verses" by Robert Louis Stevenson, that my dear mother(God rest her soul) would read to me faithfully over and over again, upon my request, until I was able to read it myself. The book contains a great number of wonderful pieces for children, but the following three pieces have been permanently impressed upon my head and heart and are perhaps what has laid the foundation for my love of fantasy and the written word.

Independence Day

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Cameron Drew) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:18:00 +0000

Red—
White—
Blue—
We stood upon the shore
The sky afire with your love
Candles celebrating past
Bringing us into present
A day of independence
Of starting anew

Favorite Childhood Poetry 2

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Cameron Drew) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:30:00 +0000

I've been really busy working on planning a trip home. This silly post was scheduled for 2 days ago, oops. Anyway, I promised you a part 2 and 3 and I'm back to deliver.

This second piece was handed down to me by my first grade school teacher, Ms. Hill. I'm sure that Ms. Hill has long since departed to a better place, but this piece still lives on inside my head and heart. It's beauty has haunted my memories all of my life. So, without further ado... for you Ms. Hill:

Favorite Childhood Poetry 1

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Cameron Drew) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:26:00 +0000

My granddaughter came home and invited her mom to the "poetry slam" competition at her school next week. I wasn't invited, but I WAS amused. In light of slamming a little poetry, I thought that I might share a piece that I'm sure many of you have read before. This piece by Eugene Field, along with two others are my favorite childrens' pieces, I'll be posting the other two by and by. I just love the rich and wondrous imagery in this work.

Roses...

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Cameron Drew) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:07:00 +0000

It has been a really crazy week for me. Yesterday was the topper though. A week of playing at the park in the rain, having the cable installed, watching my grandson for 4 days and writing, I came down with some serious heat sickness on Wednesday.

I am getting better, but took quite a bit of time to sleep today. I had been Continue Reading...

Getting Published: A Stairway to Heaven

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Cameron Drew) — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:03:00 +0000

I considered writing an article today on getting published. I opened up Google to start researching, and then I came across this wonderful article by Willie Meikle. I thought that I would just post a link here for you all to check it out. Perhaps I felt drawn to this particular piece as I often describe life as a ladder, or perhaps it's because Led Zeppelin was my favorite band growing up; I'm not sure.

Willie describes the path to published as a "Stairway to Heaven" in this inspiring article; which I believe is the perfect analogy. Check it out here!

—M

A Good Blogging Day and I Love Blogger...

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Cameron Drew) — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:16:00 +0000

Today is a good blogging day. I was very upset with my drop in page rank on Poetic Expression; which was due to url changes. Recently when I added the Poetic Expression blog, Google deemed it as a spam blog and gave me a PR of 0 right away. I was also unable to add it on Technorati for this reason.

Riding the Bus - (something different)

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Cameron Drew) — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:52:00 +0000

The other day
Riding the bus
Strange woman
Evil looking
Talking
Through widened eyes
Every breath struggled
Suffocating
Snorting—
Cussing
Threatening
Louder
Louder(Stop!)—

Welcome - Sonnet XX

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Cameron Drew) — Sun, 24 May 2009 08:53:00 +0000

Just Another Today.com Exile

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Cameron Drew) — Sun, 24 May 2009 04:50:00 +0000

Let me start out by making it clear that when I started out on today.com I signed an agreement that stated that I would retain my copyright. I worked my tail off trying to write, build and promote that blog along with my others while writing for three other sites.

I went through many many different themes and variations of the universal theme that I created myself. I was told to take things off of my blog(EC, Adgitize and a few other choice goodies) and promote their products. The dollar amounts in my account never matched the traffic that I received and I never reached payout. I am currently about $5 short of payout.

Spectrum and Poetic Expression Today Have Moved!

noreply@blogger.com (Michele Cameron Drew) — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:28:00 +0000

Spectrum has moved on to bigger and better places... on it's own domain! You can now find us here at our new home. Please update your links to http://www.spectrumwriters.com.

The new page at this address will be my new official author site and will be replacing Poetic Expression Today. I'm sorry for the abrupt change, but I am done at today.com. Post to follow soon.

Thanks...
-Michele Cameron Drew