Roxannebarbour

LATEST ARTICLES ( 147 )

• Cause and Effect–One Minute Poetry–May 12, 2022

  

  Cause and Effectcause and effectpropelling humansoutwardlearning techniquesto save EarthThis is a reverse sci(na)ku tanka, of the form:3 words / 2 words / 1 wor... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2022 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE

• Mountain Ridges–Poem of the Day–February 25, 2022

  

  Mountain Ridgesoffworlders heroically traversingmountain ridgeswaitingfor chance to return homeThis is a reverse sci(na)ku tanka, of the form:3 words / 2 words ... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2022 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE

• Garbage Picking–Poem of the Day–February 22, 2022

  

  Garbage Pickinggarbage picking crewsancient debrisskeletonshistorical Martiansburied with radioactivesThis is a reverse sci(na)ku tanka, of the form:3 words /... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2022 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE

• Chrysalis–Poem of the Day – February 21, 2022

  

  Image courtesy of The Wild Rose Press Chrysalischrysalisdownward openingemerging life formoffworlders desiredinner……This is a sci(na)ku tanka, of the form:1 wor... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2022 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE

• Life Extensions–Poem of the Day–February 13, 2022

  

  Life Extensions aging multimillionaire Martiansdiscussing life extensionsagreementhumans accedeSahara dust elixir This is a reverse sci(na)ku tanka, of the... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2022 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE

• Rings of Saturn–Poem of the Day–February 7, 2022

  

  Rings of Saturn rings of Saturneternally frozenevaporatingring debriscircling components disappear Written by Roxanne Barbour. A reverse sci(na)ku tanka of the... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2022 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE

• Finding Writing Ideas From Quotations – November 4, 2021

  

  Two questions form the foundation of all novels: ‘What if?’ and ‘What next?’ (A third question, ”What now?’, is one the author asks himself every 10 minutes or... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2021 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE

• Quotation – August 31, 2021

  

  “..it was his business to help them play. He could think of nothing better to do with his life, for he knew that when they felt free to play, their souls showed... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2021 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE

• Quotation – June 23, 2018

  

  Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2018 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE

• Quotation – December 9, 2017

  

  The Internet is the nervous system of mother Earth…a living creature, linking up.Dan MillmanALIEN... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2017 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE

• Quotation – December 6, 2017

  

  Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free.Samuel JohnsonAN ALIEN... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2017 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE

• Quotation – November 29, 2017

  

  Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.Mark TwainALIEN... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2017 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE

• Quotation – November 26, 2017

  

  Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn’t.Mark TwainAN ALIEN PERSPECTIVE Advertisements b; b; Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2017 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE

• Quotation – November 7, 2017

  

  All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2017 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE

• Quotation – November 3, 2017

  

  There is no finer form of fiction than the mystery. It has structure, a storyline and a sense of place and pace. It is the one genre where the reader and the... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2017 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE

• Quotation – October 28, 2017

  

  Oftentimes an originator of new language forms is called ‘pretentious’ by jealous talents. But it ain’t whatcha write, it’s the way atcha write it.Jack... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2017 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE

• Quotation – October 26, 2017

  

  You have to follow your own voice. You have to be yourself when you write. In effect, you have to announce, “This is me, this is what I stand for, this is what... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2017 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE

• Quotation – October 20, 2017

  

  If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.Toni Morrison AN ALIEN PERSPECTIVE... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2017 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE

• Quotation – October 16, 2017

  

  I think that the joy of writing a novel is the self-exploration that emerges and also that wonderful feeling of playing God with the characters. Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2017 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE

• Quotation – October 12, 2017

  

  In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, an... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2017 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE