I’ll be reading poems from my book Sunset Dreams at our Cheverly Writers group inaugural book reading and discussion event on Friday, November 22 at 7:00 pm at My Dead Aunt’s Books in Hyattsville. I’ll be joined by another member of our group, Margie Burns, as we read from our books and discuss our work […]
Author Archives: mnies24
Metonymy
With Greek origins, the noun metonymy has carried itself through history. It means substituting an attribute or asset of a noun for the noun itself—i.e. track for racetrack. I like this word because it carries lots of meaning, flexing its implications in a few syllables. Our language borrows from every language, which can leave us […]
Political Commentary
Political commentary is fraught for writers and poets with conceptions and expectations. It is societally common to assign voting preferences to people based on sometimes uncontrollable personal characteristics. And it is equally as common to then assign personal characteristics to people based on voting preferences. Literature intersects such dialogues. Certainly we have contributors, but many […]
Fargo Food Tour
It can be easy to overlook the history and culture immediately surrounding us, especially as we grow up. We may travel to Chichèn Itzà, which by the way is well-worth seeing, but when was the last time you traveled to a local museum, art gallery, or uniquely local restaurant? There are not many textbooks written […]
Sunset Dreams Now Available
I have always liked how poetry can emphasize a point and how a writer can use it to draw you into his or her thoughts and feelings. This attraction, along with the beckoning awe and rugged splendor of rural North Dakota where I grew up, have been catalytic inspirations for me to write poetry. While […]