Charles Ghigna, Author at Cricket Media, Inc.

A Few Haiku for You

Look around outside. What do you see? A bird? A flower? A sunset? A tree? Each one would make a great haiku — for you! The Japanese haiku, one of the oldest forms of poetry, teaches us much about the art and craft of poem-making. The entire poem consists of only three short lines, […]

Poems About Poetry for National Poetry Month

Have you ever read a poem ABOUT poetry? Have you ever written one? All it takes is a metaphor (comparison) and your imagination! Here are some poems with metaphors that compare poems to lots of different things. What’s a Poem? A whisper, A shout, Thoughts turned Inside out. A […]

Four Famous Women Who Loved to Paint, Write, Sing, and Act

The urge to create is in each one of us. Our individual need to express ourselves is a vital part of who we are. The poet Walt Whitman once wrote that we are all born with the desire to “sound our barbaric yawps over the roofs of the world.” Since the beginning of time, […]

Dear Poet: Notes to a Young Writer

A poetic journey through the creative process for readers, writers, artists & dreamers. As I enter my seventh decade on this planet, I wonder what words of wisdom I might have written to the younger me. What treasured tidbits have I learned along the way? What could I leave in a letter to young […]

Leading the Way to Leadership

What is a leader? A leader is a person who unites us and inspires us to work together toward a common goal. A leader is a person who is responsible for guiding the group toward new heights of success, individually and collectively, and for bringing out the best in each of us. In a symphony, […]

Dream Child: Follow your Dreams

Dream. Dream big, Child. Follow your dreams. They will take you places you once only dreamed about. It all starts with a first step. A few new steps each day and you are on your way toward your dream. Don’t be afraid to pursue your dreams. Remember, nothing can keep you from your […]

What We Learn From Nature

Go outside. Look around. What do you see? A robin? A squirrel? A honeybee? A parade of busy ants beneath a shady tree? What can our little outdoor friends teach us? What can we learn from them? What lessons await us at every turn? The robin is busy collecting sticks and straw and […]

Predicting Your Future

What if you had a crystal ball that you could look into to see your future? You do. It’s YOU! You are your own crystal ball. In his play “The Tempest,” William Shakespeare wrote, “What is past is prologue.” That means that all we need do to predict our future is to […]

The Art of Listening

We all have feelings and opinions. One of the best ways we have to understand each other’s feeling and opinions is to listen, to simply stop talking, open our minds and our hearts, and listen to what the other person has to say. Listening to people who we think are different from us can […]

The Art of Letting Go

The creative process begins when the artist forgets himself and becomes the work. That is when the magic happens. It is an integral part of every artistic form of creation; theatre, music, dance, writing and art. My son, Chip Ghigna, is an artist. He paints pictures with paint. I am a writer. I paint […]