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Poetry Month 1: Three Poems for Madeline
I've decided February is Poetry Month on the ryanctittle.com blog. Seems an appropriate month. It brings out romance for some, sadness...
Feb 2, 20242 min read
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The Reason: A Veterans Day Prose-Poem
At a bachelor party in the prairies. Here for my friend’s wedding. I have nothing in common with these men in uniform, but am happy to be...
Nov 10, 20232 min read
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Fourth Publication this Year!
I find myself often at a loss as to what publishers of poetry and drama want these days. I’m told the subjects to which I’ve always been...
Oct 20, 20235 min read
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A Writer Looks at Forty
Yes, I am a poet (playwright), two hundred years too late… I was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck, choking me. When I...
Sep 29, 20238 min read
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An Actor's Journal- Part 4/New Publication Announcement
This week, I’ll catch us up on two weeks of rehearsal as the opening date of Waiting for Godot at BFT barrels toward us. Week 3 It is a...
Aug 11, 20239 min read
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My Poem Won a Prize!
I am so excited to announce that a poem of mine, "The Rain Dance," has won 2nd Prize in Blue Institute's Words on Water Writing Contest...
Jun 2, 20231 min read
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Not I but Also: Notes from an Age of Madness
This work contemplates, albeit in a slightly deranged way, the events of protest in the United States in the years 2016-2019. It makes no...
Apr 21, 202318 min read
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Four Poems for AJ
No explanation. Four poems. For AJ. Cheers. Abuse she stood above him, dragging the heel across his chest (which blushed). Identity Tell...
Apr 14, 20231 min read
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Descent to Timon's Cave: A Video Recitation
Something a little different today: a video recitation of my new poem, "Descent to Timon's Cave."
Mar 31, 20231 min read
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Two Devotional Poems
Two devotional poems, in honor of St. Patrick's Day. The first is freely translated from the Latin. The second, freely translated from...
Mar 17, 20231 min read
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No One Tells You: A Poem
There are things you assume you know— the waves of emotion, the choice of conflagration or inhumation, the cavern in your heart. But...
Feb 24, 20231 min read
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Dropping in a Tome
I can remember being as young as six and needing books around me constantly, though I wasn't sure I could read well. I liked books, the...
Jan 6, 20232 min read
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Favorites Part 3: Writing
For the next few weeks, I'll be sharing my favorite works of art. These are not necessarily my answers to "What is the best movie/tv...
Nov 25, 20226 min read
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Lauren Bursting through the Shadows
From age 13 to 17, I was a church musician and I often miss it. It's not every adult choir director who would let a teenager play in his...
Nov 4, 20225 min read
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Odes to Country Legends
Upon the death of Loretta Lynn, I was reminded of a project I set out on many years ago to write dedicatory poems to great legends of...
Oct 7, 20222 min read
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Poem: "August Night, 1972"
This summer poem was written based on several photographs in family albums. The sickly sweet smell of ground water, George Jones singing...
Aug 19, 20221 min read
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