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Friday, April 16, 2010

For Gary Carden

Gary, this is the Wordle of your interview in the Smoky Mountain News.
Wordle: Gary Carden's interview with the Smoky Mountain News

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Wordling Favorite Poems for National Poetry Month

The Exchange by Ron Rash


Wordle: The Exchange by Ron Rash



Mountain Bride by Robert Morgan

Wordle: Mountain Bride by Robert Morgan

Work by Darnell Arnoult

Wordle: Work by Darnell Arnoult

Good News for Me!

The good news is that I won the 2010 Hub City Award for Poetry. Click to read the article.
My youngest suggested that mine must have been the ONLY poetry entry this year. Oh, nay, nay, I said. There were prizes offered for 2nd and 3rd places as well. And the icing on the cake - I also took third place in fiction.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Playing with Wordle

My students introduced me to Wordle.com. I noticed their interesting notebook covers and asked them how they made them. I put in the text to one of my previous posts, Kudzu Cousins and Lye Soap, and got this.

Wordle: KudzuCousinsandLyeSoapEssay

Then I put in Robert Morgan's poem, Honey, and got this.

Wordle: Honey by Robert Morgan

Go play with Wordle.