February 2011 ~ Helen Hagemann

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Ways to the Metaphor

Back in 2010, I conducted a workshop called "Ways to the Metaphor". I used a model by Patrick Lane, a Canadian Poet, (partner to Lorna Crozier). The Metaphor Model by Patrick Lane You want you to compare each member of your family. If you have five brothers and sisters of course that is too many, but make a choice & stick to your smaller family of mother, father and at least two siblings. eg. My oldest brother is a wasp, cleaning his body...

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Poem for the Day - One Size Fits All

One Size Fits All You know when you bring your garment home it isn't going to fit. It fits your youngest daughter of which you have one. You take it back to the store. Ask for a blouse, extra large. They have one, in grey. You want to write to China. Tell them your measurements, that you have never bathed in the Yangtze, worked in the paddy fields or owned a ricksh...