I once sent a few poems to Don Wentworth at Lilliput Review. He rejected them gently. Though he did encourage me to resubmit more poems later. I never did. It wasn’t because I was crushed, angry, disappointed, or bitter. I don’t write many poems of less than ten lines. What I didn’t know then was that Don was a blogger. Well, I couldn’t have known because the year was 2006. He didn’t start his blog until late 2007. But I like it nonetheless. Welcome to the blogosphere, Don.

Jacob Russell asks, What is meant by “taking a risk?”

I think David Hall might have a clue.

To answer the question at the end of Hall’s blog post, I’m not sure that you can. But you can damn sure give them a good swift kick in the balls. Just write a poem about them. That’s what I do.

Speaking of poetry that kicks, today is Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday. Did you know that? I didn’t.