Open Write

Relax

A very special thanks to all our March Open Write hosts: James Coats, Katrina Morrison, Wendy Everard, Rex Muston, and Shelley Martin-Young! We hope to see you all for our month-long poetry celebration: Verselove. See you back here April 1-30! Be sure to subscribe so …

Junk Drawer Affirmations

Our Host Rex lives in Keokuk, Iowa and teaches ELA at Keokuk High School. He is actively involved in his community as a member of the Keokuk Public Library Board and the First Christian Church Board. Rex enjoys poetry and photography as artistic forms of …

Double Dactyl

Our Host Wendy Everard is a high school English teacher and writer living in central New York. Her role as mother and teacher has given her plenty to write about since she started writing personal narrative and poetry, lifelong hobbies that were reignited when she …

Mondegreen

Our Host Katrina teaches English and German in a rural community in Osage County, Oklahoma. She has worked in education her entire career. This is her 18th year in the classroom. She has a master’s degree in Higher Education Leadership from Northeastern State University. In …

Looking Back to Look Forward

Our Host: James Coats James is a guitarist, writer, and 4-star cheesecake baker (according to his wife). He was recently published in the Poet’s Choice collection of supernatural poetry, Paranormal, and will be featured in an upcoming edition of the zine Black Stone/White Stone. This …