Author Archives: Christine Irving

Finding Your Voice(s): Writing Outside Yourself

Posted on July 4, 2019

~ A Poetry MasterClass ~ with poet/singer-songwriter Nathan Brown Wednesday – July 10 9:30 a.m. > 5:00 p.m. Cost $60 Registration limited to the first 24 Embassy Suites Denton, TX Pioneer II Room We often hear the phrase “finding your voice” … Continue reading →

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The Seeress

Posted on June 19, 2019

Alison Jardine greeted us today at the d’Verse Poets’ Pub by introducing Jacquline Hurlbert’s art as a prompt for the next poem.  Lately, I’ve been watching the TV show Vikings, in part because I am enamored of all things raven.  Imagine … Continue reading →

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Memorial

Posted on May 27, 2019

This is my dad, my haibun today is about him.  He was a decorated soldier and career military officer.  He was buried at Arlington Cemetery with full military honors.  It’s a good day to remember him. Henry Gerard Phillips was … Continue reading →

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A Word To Live By

Posted on January 14, 2019

I received a prompt today from De Jackson at the dVerse Poets Pub.  He suggested “change” as the topic for a forty-four word quadrille.  Ha!  Who couldn’t write a book on this topic?  You might as well tell us to … Continue reading →

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Association

Posted on January 12, 2019

It’s open link night at the dVerse Poets Pub,  Grace is behind the bar and any one can belly up to tell a tale, old or new.  She began the telling with Lines for Winter by Mark Strand.  I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Why I Keep This Stuff

Posted on January 10, 2019

Yesterday at the dVerse Poets Pub, Lillian asked us to write about some object we have hanging in our homes.  I have so many things hanging from all sorts of places.  My walls are full, as is every vertical surface.  … Continue reading →

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“Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public.”

Posted on December 31, 2018

We just finished binging on True Detective, season one, with Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.  The story line is flawed, but the character development, acting and directing is superb.  McConaughey’s character, Rustin Cohle is an existential nihilist.  It fascinated me, not … Continue reading →

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I’m No Scrooge, But…

Posted on December 14, 2018

…too much sentimentality and I tip towards the dark side.  Christmas walks a fine line.  I do still love the traditional carols – mostly the hymns with a few dollops of Victorian cheer.  I’ enjoy a rousing Fa-la-la-la-la, but Frosties, … Continue reading →

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To Write a Terzanelle: Challenge by Jilly

Posted on December 7, 2018

Our times are so fraught.  Whether at home, on a bus or hanging at the dVerse, I haven’t had a conversation in years that doesn’t circle back to the state of the union and leave everyone distraught.   The huge anger … Continue reading →

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Secret Ingredients

Posted on December 7, 2018

Gospel Isosceles posted a lovely prompt at the dVerse Poets Pub encouraging us to write about a secret ingredient.  I had a hard time thinking of a response because I already have a strange poem I wrote several years ago.  … Continue reading →

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