Tag: Ace Baker

Ace Made the Quarter-finals in the Casey Shay Poetry Chapbook Contest!

Jul 31, 2013

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Ace Baker

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Ok, nail-biting time all over again! My chapbook of poetry, Kaleidoscope: Bright Lives, Broken, made the quarter-finals in this year’s Mary Ballard Poetry Chapbook Contest. That’s exciting, but that’s just round one. We’ve been narrowed down to about 160, and the semi-finals will cut that number drastically, down to about 30. Fingers crossed…
Poetry Week #002: Writing the Cascade Poem

Jul 15, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fancy footwork, knockout idea, poetry, power punch, writing technique

THE CASCADE First, in order for me to discuss what a cascade poem is, let me show you one. “Woman on a Swing: Lions Park” is one of three poems that helped me win the Pacific Northwest Writers Association (PNWA) poetry prize in 2012. It’s one I quickly showed poet Patricia Young over dinner…
Poetry Week #001: Poem within a poem!

Jul 14, 2013

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Ace Baker

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Time for some poetry! A poem can contain a great amount of meaning in a small space; it’s what separates us from the rest of the animals, someone once told me. And while I enjoy spoken word poetry, especially when it’s well done, there are some things you can do on a piece of…