Staff Contributor: Nan Lundeen

Nan Lundeen photo by Ron DeKett
Nan Lundeen
photo by Ron DeKett

Nan Lundeen is the author of two collections of poems, Black Dirt Days: Poems as Memoir and The Pantyhose Declarations, both available at Amazon.com, at the Box Factory in St. Joseph, Michigan, and at some independent bookshops. Her poetry has appeared in the College of Charleston’s Illuminations, the Petigru Review, the Yemassee Literary Journal, Iowa Writes, and The South Carolina Poetry Initiative. Her columns on writing have appeared in the U.K.’s Writing Magazine, the S.C. Writers Workshop Quill, and femalefirst.com. An award-winning journalist, she has written for the Detroit News, the Grand Rapids Press, The Greenville News, the Connecticut Post, and others. She facilitates Moo of Writing workshops. Purchase her handbook, Moo of Writing: How to Milk Your Potential, in print at Amazon.com and as an e-book through Kindle, iBooks and NOOK. The Iowa native lives in southwestern Michigan. Visit her at www.nanlundeen.com.

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the big lie
inspired by the turning of the wheel
the beech with elephant knees
our path to Fall
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the death of coulda-shoulda
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a walk in the woods on winter solstice
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a poem that is a blessing
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rare and common pleasures
magical prose
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powerful details
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honoring our mentors
hot first lines
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memorable rejections
writing wild
call of the wild rose
on being bipolar
moo stone meditation
a sip from the milk jug
counting meditation
words of a wise woman
a secret to good writing
dance of the swallowtails
the nature of writing
the wheel turns
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poetry in the park
a conversation in a bar
extraordinary ordinary people
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taking my own advice
the moo of boo hoo
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