April 5, 2018April 4, 2018 by J.L. Smith

Poetry Boot Camp Prompt #4

#4 A real job. Some phrases we throw around carelessly. One such phrase is the term “real job.” Write a poem using this phrase or your idea of what this phrase means.

April 4, 2018 by J.L. Smith

Poetry Boot Camp Prompt #3

#3 Overheard at a restaurant. Think back to something you overhead at a restaurant or cafe. You know you couldn’t help but listen too…[fill in the blank]

April 3, 2018April 1, 2018 by J.L. Smith

Poetry Boot Camp Prompt #2

Poetry prompt for the day:

#2 Write a poem of regret. Maybe it is a poetic apology. Maybe it was something you did. Or maybe it is something you didn’t do.

April 1, 2018April 1, 2018 by J.L. Smith

Poetry Boot Camp Prompt #1

Welcome to National Poetry Month! To kick off this month’s daily poetry prompts is this one:

#1 T.S Eliot wrote in “The Waste Land” that “April is the cruelest month.” Is it? The month where the death of winter meet the rebirth of spring. Think about this quote and write a response.

March 30, 2018 by J.L. Smith

DC Reading. Come on by!

I will be reading from Medusa:) Details below.

Opus Open Mic

Upcoming Event

Sunday, April 29, 2018 – 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Since 2011 P&P has been proud to offer authors self-publishing services. From memoirs to novels to instruction manuals to staff directories, our Opus Self-Publishing Program has produced a wide range of genres in an equally diverse range of formats, all meeting the same publishing industry standards as any books on P&P’s shelves. Join us for a reading by some of the Opus writers, and a discussion of this unique form of publication.