Shutta Crum
Playing With Sound: Writing Prompts
Below is a frequency chart for English vowel sounds (Courtesy of Frederick Nims from Western Wind.), and two writing prompts. Care to jump in and… Read More »Playing With Sound: Writing Prompts
Wordsmith’s Playground has a birthday in January! Help us celebrate & win free books.
Go to my contact page here: https://shutta.com/contact/ and leave me a note about the newsletter. Has it helped you? Have you found it fun/interesting? Do… Read More »Wordsmith’s Playground has a birthday in January! Help us celebrate & win free books.
Writer’s Block? One Way to Kickstart Yourself!
Are you stuck? Have the notorious writer’s block? Professor Emerita Sharon Scholl likes to use this strategy to “prime the pump.” She says, take any… Read More »Writer’s Block? One Way to Kickstart Yourself!
The Canoeist by Shutta Crum
This poem first appeared in The Southern Poetry Review (2020). Enjoy! (It will soon be published in a new chapbook collection, 2022. Published by Kelsay… Read More »The Canoeist by Shutta Crum
A Poem for August
“Ode to Innocence” poem by Shutta Crum. Originally published in the AAR2 in 2017. (The online Ann Arbor Review.)
Main Street Rag Publishes a Poem by Shutta
Yay! So excited to note that my poem: “Everything is Far” (A response to Rilke’s poem “Lament.”) appeared in the summer issue of Main Street… Read More »Main Street Rag Publishes a Poem by Shutta
“Lavender Doe” Poem Published in Passengers Journal
A new poem of mine “Lavender Doe” was published in the March issue of Passengers Journal (online) and beautifully read by Hayley Davis. I was… Read More »“Lavender Doe” Poem Published in Passengers Journal
A New Poem Published in Beyond Words, 2021
Here’s a new poem published by Beyond Words. Enjoy! (I had a lot of fun writing this one!) Art by Ed Fairburn. (gorgeous!)
Shutta’s Poem a Winning Poem in 3rd Wednesday Poetry Contest
My poem “Reading Brodsky (in English) While Stirring Soup” is a winning poem in the 3rd Wednesday Annual International Poetry Contest. (Along with Ken Hines… Read More »Shutta’s Poem a Winning Poem in 3rd Wednesday Poetry Contest