“To write poetry a person must be interested in something in the world and allow that to resonate with something within.” I wrote these instructions for my students. It’s advice I apply to my own writing. I thought you might enjoy it too. Poetry is a dialogue with “other” and “outside” as well as with …
Frans and I have been invited to the university of Eastern Finland to speak about career writing and career learning processes and share our know-how with colleagues there. We’re delighted to be going. We met some of our Scandanavian colleagues at the International Association of Educational and Vocational Guidance conference in Madrid in 2016. There …
What Maggie says in Tennessee Williams’ play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, is just as applicable to a poorly written paper as it is to the annoying children she describes as no-neck monsters “…they’ve got no necks. None visible. Their fat little heads are stuck on their fat little bodies without a bit of …
In early 2017 a Norwegian career magazine asked for articles on career writing for their career professionals who are seeking new ways to work with students and clients. Find those articles by Reinekke here: http://veilederforum.no/content/kreativ-karriereskriving-en-narrativ-metode-som-svarer-på-endringer-i-livet and http://veilederforum.no/content/kreativ-karriereskriving-kreativ-og-reflekterende-skriving-karrierelæring These are also available in English so get in touch with Reinekke if you’re interested.
Reinekke will be giving a workshop in Canterbury to career professionals and writing enthusiasts. Who wants to come to write their own career tale? Details on this page.
No upgrades please I got a new stove one that looks run of the mill for 1970 the kids can bang their pots and pans on it try their cookies, crumble, and macaroni spills are nothing but a bit of a burned smell No glass top to polish or warn someone about no special chemicals …
The Little Blue-Green Fete Past the water reeds the shimmer of the pond the place where we had rowed across and drifted hand in hand and on the other side found rows of pussy willows Cattails at first obscured our view You sliced one clean and then another we feigned sword fights late afternoon and …
Wet leather shoes you have to walk for a while after passing a sunset without looking up after a year of unseen rainbows and no sunrises at all. you have to walk for a while with your impossible grief so that mercy can speak to you and give you something that still has to be …