robbinfarr

Poet. Essayist. Founder & Editor of River Heron Review @River_Heron. she/her

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Yesterday’s Pen & Page is now live. It begins in the body — sensation, memory, the quiet ways experience lingers. If you haven’t had a chance to visit yet, the prompt is waiting for you. https://t.co/WW7HnXOTiC

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A new Pen & Page prompt arrives tomorrow: The Body Remembers. We’ll be writing from sensation and lived experience — letting the body lead the poem. I hope you’ll join me.

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I’ve been thinking about how the body carries memory — the quiet ways it remembers what the mind doesn’t always name. This week’s Pen & Page will begin there.

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Are you curious how poems meet world events without echoing headlines? This week’s Frame & Phrase post opens that door. It goes live at 10:30 Thur morning. If you’d like to write alongside this community, you’re always welcome to become a subscriber. https://t.co/qE3xzMpiB2

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A new Substack post. It leans into winter light, revision, & the quiet work of uncovering what’s already on the page. If you want a nudge back to your notebook, this one may be it. I’ll see you on later this morning. I’d love to hear what emerges when you sit down to write.

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This post: writing from inside the wobble—the moment the world blurs & meaning hasn’t quite arrived. “The Art of Losing Your Balance” invites you to step into disorientation as a creative tool. https://t.co/qE3xzMpiB2

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Lose your way? Sorry can't help. Lose your balance? That's good! Read my Substack 10 poetry notebooks Thurs & find out why. Writing a little off kilter engages the reader & deepens the poem. Post includes tips, support, an image-included prompt & booklist. https://t.co/Cbt4T9FQl9

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Just love writing and sharing my weekly Substack prompts. Generative. Evocative. Guided. Check it out at:
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A chair slides. A heater ticks. Breath holds.
This prompt ends where speech begins.
Read the new post on 10 poetry notebooks on Substack.

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Write with someone and widen your voice. The Practice of Co-Making discussed here.
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Coming tomorrow on Substack, my post on Collaborative Poetry. Collab widens the voice; read how to pass the line back & forth. Check it out at https://t.co/qE3xzMpQqA & if you are not a subscriber, pls consider supporting my weekly posts. Columns, prompts, craft tips, more.

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What makes a poem sing? Sometimes it’s not rhyme or rhythm but the subtle music hidden inside your words. This week��s Pen & Page Prompt helps you tune your ear to the poem’s pulse—where sound becomes meaning. Available this morning at 10:30.
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Land on the 10 poetry notebooks post tomorrow and you will find a rewilding prompt to challenge you to letting loose of language and finding your way on the wilder side of writing poetry. https://t.co/qE3xzMpQqA

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Where does your draft usually turn—early, middle, or late? Drop one turn line in the comments. Want more info on turns? Here’s a post on “The Hinge.” A subscription will load you up with craft, prompts, columns, insights, and even more. Absolutely! https://t.co/3tjz8XPXm3

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“After revising, ask: What did the poem learn it didn’t know at the start? If you can point to the exact word/space where that learning enters, you’ve made the turn.”

From “The Hinge: How and where poems turn”
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New column lands tomorrow: The Hinge. Voltas, pivots, sneaky turns—how to spot them, make them, and fix a flat one. Come sharpen the work.
Join us → https://t.co/pKuEVNxXD4

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Small Repairs.
Choose one tiny fix—glue the mug, oil a hinge, stitch the cuff. Include one tool, one sound, one smell, and a late turn that reveals what’s really being mended. Flexible prompt for all levels; quick version included. Coming this morning!
https://t.co/pKuEVNxXD4

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Coming tomorrow, a look at the impact of silence on your poems, plus how to do it effectively. To receive the entire post on Silence, plus my weekly prompt w/photo, booklist & more, consider becoming a paid subscriber. Your support is so much appreciated. https://t.co/gQ9kqkSBGe

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Coming Thursday: Writing at the Edge of Uncertainty

Poems often begin where clarity falters—when we’re unsure, when the line wavers, when the question has no neat answer. Doubt can unsettle us, but it can also be the spark that keeps us writing. On Substack.

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This week’s Pen & Page prompt invites you to think of poetry not as a monologue, but as an ongoing exchange—between poet and reader, between self and world, between what is said and what is left unsaid. 🔗 to prompt & 10 poetry notebooks in profile.