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Writing Your Ultimate Table of Contents
Imagine you have written the book of poetry you have always wanted to complete. Now, write its table of contents; the only rule is, this list contains no poems that you have already written. Keep the table of contents in your journal or wherever you store writing ideas. Then, whenever you are blocked, either:
(a) choose one of the titles and write a poem for it
OR
(b) write the first line (or two) of each poem
Biography of Douglas Kearney: Douglas Kearney is a poet/performer/librettist. He won a Whiting Writers’ Award and his second book, The Black Automaton, was a 2008 National Poetry Series selection. He lives with his family in the San Fernando Valley of Southern California. To find out more about Mr. Kearney visit his website at http://www.douglaskearney.com.
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Fabulous suggestion, Doug!