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I accomplished my two April challenges– ONE I wrote 30 poems, one each day, as a sonnet cycle. It was surprisingly easy to keep going, as every day I had a prompt from the previous poem. By about 4/12, I … Continue reading →

I had a bad week at work, or I should say a difficult week, since, truthfully, nothing bad actually happened. It just felt bad. Like I was driving a clunker, almost out of gas, miles from an off-ramp, behind an … Continue reading →

I took this week off from work and have spent most of it writing poems, writing poetry reviews, setting up a new website for publishing poetry chapbook reviews, submitting poems, writing poems. Sort of a trial run for retirement. I … Continue reading →

Last year in June, Molly Spencer, who is (among other amazing things) a poetry editor for The Rumpus asked me if I would write a review of Julie Wade’s Same Sexy Marriage. I thought, “why me?” at the time, having … Continue reading →

Originally posted on The Poetry Cafe:
I have already gotten a terrific response to The Poetry Cafe Project. It seems there are a lot of chapbooks looking for a sweet home review! If you missed my review of Lauren Davis’…

I struggle this morning. Whether to read poems, or write them.I’ve lost an hour. Where did it go? I hate subordinate clauses that are followed by non sequiturs. I hear slips all the time—like tinnitus, like a mosquito’s whine, like … Continue reading →

Dear S. Thanks for your email. As to your concern for my well-being, I’ve nothing to complain about. My eyesight is wretched, but nothing’s worth seeing. The doctor has me drinking (water) and dropping (liquid tears). Ha-ha! At least I … Continue reading →