Free is a word that gets used a lot. Politically, everyone wants to be free. Economically, people want free goods and services. Or free money. And poetically, some of us like free verse. Some people give away sex for free. To anybody. Isn’t that gross?
But what I’ve noticed when people use the word ‘free’ in [...]
I’m going to try something different. Starting today I’m going to upload a new video of me reading a poem every Friday. It won’t always be a poem I wrote. It may be a classic poem or just a poem I like. But I thought it would be a good way to preserve some of [...]
By Jack Peachum
Guest Author
I cannot tell you how to write poetry – no one can do that. I honestly believe that all poets are self-trained – as are most other artists. Oh, someone can point out the essentials to you, but you must have the capacity in yourself to turn an inspiration into an art.
Do [...]
I’m convinced that there is nothing more important to a good poetic than craft. It isn’t publication.
Sure, publishing credits are great for the ego. But I’d much rather have one great poem than 100 mediocre ones. I’d much rather publish one great book of poems than 100 mediocre books. I think that too many poets [...]
I’m proud to announce that I am among good company in being a part of The Smoking Poet’s new online issue. If you like fine cigars and good literature then I’d encourage you to check it out. There are some good reads.
My piece is not a poem. Rather, it’s a memoiric short featuring myself and [...]
August didn’t live up to its name very well. It was a month of big change here in the world of Allen Taylor. To start with, the grandchildren have gone to live with their mother again. My hope is that this will give me more time to do the things that I enjoy doing, like [...]
One of the things that I’ve learned over the years about leadership (yeagh, nasty taste in my mouth) is that you’ve got to know your limitations. I’d like to say that is something I learned in the military, but that would not be true. Military leaders do not typically recognize limitations. Even if they are [...]
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She asked if I was a major twit./No ma'am, only minor./In that case, she spit,/meet me at the diner.//Uh, so that's it?/No finer. #twitpoem #
Tweetlater is back in business.Ah, thank you Twitter! #
Driving With Dante http://bit.ly/ousTr
#bookreview #
Looks like I've done enough tonight. [...]
I live this plush history/with hopeful multiplicity/and a severing; push me/over the precipice/leveraging, no armistice. #twitpoem #
Variations On A Natural Theme: A Loon Year http://bit.ly/5Lg72
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It’s night night time. Gotta run. Have a good weekend tweeps. #
Just received an acceptance from a publisher contingent upon approved edits. More to come. I’m excited. #
I’m feeling [...]
I just finished reading American Hybrid: A Norton Anthology Of New Poetry edited by Cole Swensen and David St. John. The book is a compilation of poets and a selection of their poems that have been published over the past 10 or 20 years, illustrating the vast expanse of poetic ideologies on the current scene. [...]