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On this page, we offer a few samples of poetry and other literary works by members of Great Rift Writers. Great Rift Writers homepage | What is the "Great Rift?" | Lynna homepage | Events Calendar | Prose by Great Rift Writers |
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Excerpt from "SOMEONE MUST LOVE" ... Someone must love wild blue flax Someone must love 
Copyright, Lynna Howard, 2006, 2007, all rights reserved Lynna taking a nap on the bank of Bitch Creek in Idaho, near the western side of the Teton Mountains. No sidewalks, but blue flax blooms in the spring. CONVERSATIONAL MIRROR You think you know it all Copyright, Amanda Jackson, 2007, all rights reserved Closer to the Sex Pistols than art, Strong-arming syntax Never having outgrown Maybe someday It’s not that I like chaos Copyright, Judy Scheer, 2007, all rights reserved Great Rift Writers is a non-profit group that has been work-shopping once a month in Idaho Falls for more than five years now. We chose the name because we got to put "Great" and "Writers" together... totally innocenctly, of course. We know there's a Great Rift in Africa, but ours is the longest known rift zone in the United States, about 62 miles. I don't know the density of writers along our rift, but it's higher than you might think—like invasive weeds. |
...But I only did the expedient thing, Now dreams destroy me. “To be a mountain you have to climb Trees dot my landscape You see I am an old mountain as it cracks my stones. they know me. The Crow nation I am like the Wailing Wall, Copyright, David Arlo Moss, 2007, all rights reserved Please return soon to read more excerpts from the works of Great Rift Writers. |
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Great Rift Writers is a diverse group of practitioners of the literary arts that aims to do justice to inner and outer landscapes. Criteria for membership is loose (and that’s putting it mildly). Most of the members live in or along the geological Great Rift in Idaho, and along the rift's associated Snake River Plain. Members of Great Rift Writers have also migrated to Alaska, Oregon, and Texas, but still participate via the internet. GRW usually meets once a month for a workshop that focuses on poetry or prose works that members bring. Bring at least six copies of any work you'd like to read and discuss. Criticism can be of the hug-and-smile, the kleenex, the bandaid, or the tourniquet-required variety. Legalese: Unless otherwise noted, the text and images that appear on this web site are copyrighted material. Please do not copy or redistribute these materials in any way without prior permission. Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. Thank you, Lynna Howard, Bill Peters, Amanda Jackson, and other members of Great Rift Writers.
The Great Rift Writers' website is a subset of the website of "PrueHeart the Wanderer," so don't be too confused if you end up on a PrueHeart page. Great Rift Writers is a non-profit organization, and we're saving money by using an existing website (no domain name registration fees, no additional hosting fees).
A reminder to everyone: It is time to pay dues for 2008. The dues are $25.00 per year. Leslie Ovard is acting as our treasurer for now, so please make checks payable to her. In the memo portion write "GRW MEMBERSHIP." You can bring cash or check to a GRW meeting, or mail payment to Lynna Howard at 441 Hummingbird Lane, Shelley, ID 83274 (Lynna's house is the GRW snail mail location). Prospective members can attend a couple of workshops first before deciding if they want to join or not. Great Rift Writers is a non-profit organization. Other Events May 8, 2008 May 22, 2008
Contact us: Send email to lynna.howard@mac.com if you would like to attend an upcoming workshop or other event. |
Put your thoughts on paper, partake of monthly workshops, and demonstrate that you won’t bleed to death under an assault of friendly criticism and you’re likely to become a Great Rift Writer. See our calendar for upcoming workshops, or contact our designated receiver of emails for more details. GRW Monthly Workshop Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Homework assignment for 06/25/2008: Seven Deadly Virtues Seven Saving Vices Try to avoid: Ideally, each person will write at least one Deadly Virtue and one Saving Vice poem, but do what is good for your own art. Go forth and write! Prose poems welcome. Squander time, and call it well-spent. Bring at least six copies of work you want to share. Depending on the number of writers at the workshop, we will have about 10 to 20 minutes per person. If you have longer poems or prose pieces you want to workshop, you should chose an excerpt to present to the group. Writers can bring longer works for members to take home, but don't expect the entire piece to be covered in one workshop. Please include your name, phone number, and email address on each piece. Future GRW Workshop Dates, 2008 All workshops are from 7:00 PM to 9 PM
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POETRY, GREAT RIFT WRITERS 
