by Xianna Michaels | Mar 15, 2016 | Editorial
verse "For the land beyond the Lower East Side And New York's endless stone and steel, Where the other shore was three months' ride— California, where the gold was real. The north was booming, but the southern part Was the place that captured Lily's heart. A place...
by Xianna Michaels | Jun 1, 2015 | Editorial
lesson The Alchemy of Illuminated Poetry® process began as a daily meditative practice that I developed for myself. Every morning right after I would pray and recite Psalms, I would go into my study. I would light a candle, turn on soft music, pick up my pen and go...
by Xianna Michaels | Aug 10, 2014 | Editorial
Month: August 2014 I wrote my very first poem for a school assignment in the third grade. I remember the exhilaration I felt when the words came to me and I realized, “I can do this.” I wrote many poems for my teacher, Mrs. Blank, that year. I don’t remember them, but...
by Xianna Michaels | Aug 5, 2014 | Editorial
alfred August 6th is the birthday of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), who was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain for more than 40 years during the reign of Queen Victoria. One of Britain’s most beloved poets, he was made a baron in 1883 and thus added “Lord” to his...
by Xianna Michaels | Jul 20, 2014 | Editorial
emma July 22nd is the birthday of American poet Emma Lazarus (1849-1887). She was the fourth of seven children in a Sephardic Jewish family whose New York roots went back to the colonial period. She was related to Benjamin Cardozo, Associate Justice of the Supreme...
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