{"id":5482,"date":"2015-06-07T13:36:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T17:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=5482"},"modified":"2015-06-07T13:36:26","modified_gmt":"2015-06-07T17:36:26","slug":"hello-from-britton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/hello-from-britton\/","title":{"rendered":"hello from Britton"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pan<\/a>Hi all ~<\/p>\n

This is my study, where I\u00a0won’t<\/em> be writing. Instead, I’ll be joining you from Concepcion Abbey, in Concepcion, Missouri. This will be the 11th year I’ve been guest writer at a writing retreat there. It’s a lovely place, and the only cathedral (I think) west of the Mississippi. Benedictine, I believe. And don’t ask how I’ll manage to squeeze in poems while meeting w\/ other writers! I suspect you’ll see a LOT of tanka, one of my favourite poems. And maybe a few landays, in honour of Afghan women.<\/p>\n

For most of my life my jobs have involved writing: journalism, teaching, creative. Most recently I’ve taught adult education creative writing at my alma mater, which has been\u00a0great fun. This fall, however, my beloved & I are making the move to Virginia to be w\/our elder son, DIL, & grandson. We’ll see what that’s like. It may well come up in the poems!<\/p>\n

Like last year (my first), I’m doing the half marathon. You all who signed on for the full are amazing (& possibly certifiable? \ud83d\ude42 ). That was MORE than enough work for me.<\/p>\n

I didn’t grow up in the US, so I’m very happy to see such an international crew of writers. Here’s to all of us brave enough to write with 330+ strangers!<\/p>\n

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