How to develop your own poetic style.
Who’s your favorite virgin?
Deborah Ager’s unwritten poetry rules. I like Nos. 1 & 2, and have always obeyed No. 2.
Diane Lockward’s. I like 7, 11, and 12, but I think No. 4 is quickly becoming overdone.
Poetry Hound’s poetry review tips.
The Shepherd on the poetry and criticism split.
And the final [...]
Sometimes I’m a bit harsh. At times, too harsh. Such was the case last week when I said that Brian Turner’s book of poems Here, Bullet was more telling than showing. Since then, I have read through the book twice more and each time I see different nuances of his experience that before I hadn’t [...]
Here’s an interview with the poet laureate of the blogosphere.
Praise for Rattle’s visual poetry section.
NaPoReMo? Isn’t this really getting out of hand?
Why John Hewitt and I might have children together: Our firstborn will be named Blogging.
The rise and fall and rise of Longfellow.
Let’s hear it for the woman.
The Poe Museum in Richmond.
Is The Critic dead, [...]
I got my Summer 2008 issue of Rattle today. As usual, I wasn’t disappointed.
After reading through some of the poems I turned to the back and read the interview with Bob Hicok, a poet I have grown to like a great deal. From time to time he writes something that I don’t care for, but [...]