How is it that every week has the same seven days in it and yet some weeks feel so much longer than others? This is one of those weeks that feels longer, although it’s no more a long week or short week than any other. And as I look a the calendar for the week ahead, I can see that this looks like a long week, too.
We’ve got some really wonderful things coming up this week, too, so be sure you’re paying attention to us on social media. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Be sure you’re watching for our National Poetry Month activities and announcements, too. There are some exciting things on our minds that we’ll need your help with.
Before any of that though, this would be a great time for you to catch up on the things you might have missed this week. So welcome to the Sunday Summary for the week of 14 March 2022-19 March 2022.
Monday
Submission is not consent.
Last October, in a moving, very personal essay, Erika told us about why she needed to change the language she used to talk about her own experience with rape and sexual assault. This week, she uses her survivor’s voice to discuss the ways we all need to change the conversations we’re having about consent.
Wednesday
The kitchen, soaked in lemon yellow sunlight late in the afternoon, or glowing fluorescent white in the evening, speaks magic.
On Wednesday, Erik Piece took us into his kitchen, sharing with us the joy of food, and the way it can evoke memories–most good, some not so good, as well as a recipe for one of his favorite dishes. Have you made Erik’s wings yet? Do you have any favorite food memories to share?
Friday
Erika: What makes a poem a poem? What makes something poetic?
Adam: One of the things I’ve learned about Indian English in the past six years, but especially in the past couple of weeks, is that it’s more compressed and rhythmic than American English. In short, it’s more poetic
Poetry was on everyone’s mind this week, as you’ll learn in Friday’s Watch/Listen/Read post. Erika talks about the Instagram poetry movement, but also about Emily Dickinson. Adam talks about the poetics of dialect in the way only someone with musical training can. What about the viola wars? A Twitter conversation may have Erika rethinking her strategy there, but you’ll have to keep reading over the next few weeks to find out more.
Saturday
Dialogue? Dialect? How do you say….?
Once again, Big Cat and Little Cat use the power of “meow” to ask all the writers around them a question. This week they want to know about dialect and accents. Writing dialogue can be a challenge to any writer, but how that particular writer does it can tell us so much about who is speaking to us.
We’re looking forward to the week ahead. World Poetry Day is this Monday 22 March 2022. We’re getting ready for National Poetry Month here in the USA, which is coming in April. And something special is happening this coming Thursday, too. And with all this poetry on our minds, it seems fitting to quote Sappho here:
You may forget but
let me tell you
this: someone in
some future time
will think of us
The best thing about a long week is sometimes that it’s over. We strive to be a resource for people who are feeling that their week is a bit too long. Please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Make sure you‘re all caught up with your favorite 2 Rules writers and features by checking out all of our Sunday Summary posts.