People say "necessity is the mother of invention," but did I need to create a new poetic form?Maybe. In any case, I'd like to share with you a form I came up with called the "Jubilee."
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How to Host a Virtual Book Launch
Whether you've been forced to cancel an in-person signing as a result of stay-at-home orders and bookstore closures during a pandemic, OR you simply want to try something new and reach audiences in a new way, the virtual book launch can be a fun and gratifying way to promote your work.
A Poem a Day Keeps the Doldrums at Bay!
Starting August 1st, I'll be starting my 30-day journey with Tupelo Press as part of the ongoing fundraiser to keep them in the business of publishing great poetry.
5 Cures for Writer’s Block as a Poet
If you consider yourself a writer (or even if you don't, but you've ever had to write something for someone other than yourself), you've probably experienced writer's block, and read about ways to combat it. Still, I figure it's always beneficial to hear good advice more than once (especially if you're hard-headed like me).
Insurrection poem
[Silence]
was violent.
[Still is.]
Palmer BLM Protest
"You know we need change when people are afraid to come out here."
Memorial Day, Veterans Day…what are they all about?
If we think only about what we get out of something, be it a Hollywood movie or a national holiday, we don't really deserve it. If we don't know or comprehend the significance of the history behind such things, we have failed our fellow Americans.
Banned books? A pandemic? What year is it?!
During peacetime, it’s easy to convince ourselves that things like censorship and mass plagues are restricted to the history books and far-off, dystopian futures. However, as we all have observed in recent months, these things have become an all-too-present reality.
On Speaking Terms: A Review
What Connie Wanek does best in her third book, On Speaking Terms, is relate to her audience.
A new poem
I was five when that song came out, / and too young to realize how / important it was.
