Tag: Virginia Woolf

River Book

by Nancy Schoellkopf, posted in Magical Realism, Poetry

This poem was created from a favorite prompt from Two Sylvia's Press, where you imagine a famous person, living or dead, comes to your door and gives you a gift. Virginia Woolf arrivedlate yesterday afternoonto bring methe complete collectionof novels and poemsthat were createdby women too busyto write them down.Quite a quandary, she said,randomly opening … Continue reading River Book

Believe in Magic? How Could I Not?

by Nancy Schoellkopf, posted in Magical Realism, Poetry

The prompt for this poem came from Suleika Jaouad's Isolation Journal. The inspiration is a poem from Dean Young called Belief in Magic and I've stolen his first line for my title. A few weeks ago, as I was sitting in my living room/library, I happened to notice that a tiny dot of lamplight was … Continue reading Believe in Magic? How Could I Not?