A few times in recent months, I’ve referred to a set of poet biographies I did for last year’s course on The Art of the…
While researching the paint chip poetry exercise, I was amused to come across the “Lawyer Poet” version of the Magnetic Poetry Kit. Like many bookish…
Just three poems this week. A good way to start summer? Enjoy! “Susie Asado” by Gertrude Stein – With a thank you to the lovely…
This spring I’ve been trying to take my preschool-age daughter to as many local library story hours as possible, and in April during Poetry Month…
First, here are a couple poet interviews via the online magazine Only Poems. Both interviews include links to the poet’s work, as well as links…
It’s been a busy week, and I’d like to slip these poems to you, dear reader, before Monday. I had meant to include more commentary…
R/poetry on Reddit has been on fire the past couple weeks with interesting poems and discussions. Some of these I’m holding back to refer to…
Just a short post this week with a couple interesting links. First, “Victory” by Roberto Bolaño, translated by Laura Healy (the arrow button on the…
My obsession this week has been a dismissive review of one of my favorite poems, and of course, I feel compelled to write a response.…
I opened some big themes last week, but life is getting busy so I’m going to take a step back from what I started for…