
Lake View Poetry Initiative
Seeking to build a multi-faceted poetry presence in the southern coastal Delaware area.
2021 Summer #LVPIprompts Series #2
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2021 Summer #LVPIprompts Series #1
Feel free to comment with any poetry written using this prompt.
#LVPIprompts Start June 1st, 2021
Writing prompts serve as a creative exercise intended to take writers outside their comfort zone to find unexpected inspiration....
Calls for Emerging Poets, Artists, & Thinkers
Leavings is a bi-annual literary magazine for emerging poets, artists, and thinkers. They accept poetry (send 3-5 poems), fiction,...
Call for Poetry about the Mind & Brain (Deadline May 31st)
The news editor of the premier tech magazine, MIT Technology Review, issued a call for poetry on Twitter. They want to publish some...
Call for Poetry & Fiction from the Music Industry
Issue eighteen of Workers Write! will be Tales from the Key of C and will contain stories and poems from the music industry. For this...
Embrace Your Style
There is something unsatisfying about being in a writing group or poetry event that's run by retired or veteran academics. There, I said...
A Look Back at the 2021 Haiku Garden
April was a whirlwind. The transformation from winter to spring that happens in April is truly magical, and 2021 was no exception. Please...
What Makes #LVPI Different
This image denotes areas where it sucks to drive in Delaware at night, during the day, on weekend, all summer long, most of the winter,...
Aldo Nova was right: Life is just a fantasy...
It was great to have the opportunity to speak with Paige Marley from WRDE about all the events we have happening for National Poetry...
National Poetry Month Haiku Garden
Beginning April 1st, there will be a Haiku Garden at the corner of the new Freeman Foundation office building (at the main entrance of...
Meet 3 Exceptional Songwriters
Lake View Poetry Initiative is pleased to feature Danielle Furst, Bryan Russo, and Zander Jett at the Song of Poetry - Songwriting...
It's Official! Freeman Arts Loves Poetry!
Lake View Poetry Initiative is pleased to be working with the Joshua M. Freeman Foundation & Freeman Arts Pavilion in celebrating...
Meet the Poets in the Haiku Garden
* * * MatsuoBasho * * * Jack Kerouac * * * Yosa Buson * * * Ezra Pound * * * Katsushika Hokusai * ...
No, Free-Writing Is Not Like "Free Willy."
Free-writing is a creative exercise intended to take writers outside their comfort zone, and help them find unexpected inspiration....
Big Announcement Coming Tuesday, March 16th!
Lake View Poetry Initiative is going to be part of some cool things are going to be happening in the 19975 for National Poetry Month!...
"Why do you need to exist?"
"Why R u Needed?" "Why do you need to exist?" I was asked that today. In a message here on my wix blog. By a stranger. An obviously,...
The long & the short of the "5-7-5" misunderstanding…
A LITTLE ABOUT HAIKU “The term syllable is an inaccurate way of describing the actual metrical units of Japanese poetry.” —Haruo Shirane,...

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