It is true, sometimes I start a poem for this book and discard it. The only thing that inspired me about the original draft of #25 was the color I'd mixed on a paint palette. So, I cut everything... Continue Reading →
This past week I've been doing a lot of work on my poetry thesis: organizing it into three possible orders and working out themes and sections and all that. Each time I'd figure out one potential way into the manuscript,... Continue Reading →
Today an image heavy post, with a sparse poem to accompany. In this case, I worked on the poem first, and then finished the image. Sometimes, certain words just pop out. In my case, it was "take care." Also, never... Continue Reading →
This is the second in the on-going internal series of Controversys. I am a writer who responds well to limits and rules (Too much submission? Perhaps). Sometimes, there are just too many words in the world. This poem says: You... Continue Reading →
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