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 once met a journal editor who said he’d never publish a poem with the word “soul” in it. I thought it was extreme. Sure, it’s an overused word, but what if it was the right word for the poem?
I asked my poetic friend what was the reason for that decision. He said, “Because there [...]
Guest Post:
By Elizabeth Kirschner
This is what I’ve been up to lately, mentoring poets of all ages and stages through a program called: Wise Eye: Creating Poetry That Soars. In this way I become the student of words that are not my own while seeking to kindle passion in those who [...]
Went on a 4-day vacation to enjoy my youngest step-daughter’s high school graduation in my home state of Texas. When I returned I found a notice that I’d been included in a list of the top 100 poetry blogs.
Flattered and honored, I can’t help but note the subjectiveness of such lists, which is why I [...]
I am learning more and more that Facebook is as good a friend as any poet can have online. I decided to experiment a little with Facebook pages and am pleasantly surprised. After creating one page just a day ago I’ve already seen results.
First, if you aren’t familiar with Facebook, you should get familiar with [...]
Literary agent Nathan Bransford had a guest blogger on his blog this morning. Tracy Marchini shared 21 things an author can do with Twitter. But Tracy left a couple of things off the list. I’m sure there are more, but these two extra things are things that I do as well.
Install Twitter Tools into your [...]
Best of the Web 2008. Congratulations.
I downloaded this .pdf document from Penguin Group USA that tells poets how to do Internet marketing. Haven’t read it yet. I’ve skimmed it a little and from what I’ve seen there appears to be a basic understanding of the subject, but incomplete. It’s free and I do recommend it. [...]
Some interesting reading online this week:
Silliman’s back (unlike AC/DC) in black and white.
Enjoy The Second Coming. It’s been Finnished.
And yet, another Amazon boycott.
The Jewish geniuses a la Andy Warhol.
Meet President Iambic Dimeter with a pyrrhic dangler.
Capitalist poetry. Solicitation anyone?
Time to prepare a submission. Later.
Russian novelist, Alexander Solzhenitsyn is dead. Very significant. I don’t know that we have a modern equivalent unless it would be Gore Vidal. But Solzhenitsyn leaving this world is a real deadening event for soviet culture – and for the world.
Jim Murdoch writes about poets and art.
I still have not seen The Dark Knight.
Reginald Shepherd [...]
Meet the anticommunist antimodernists.
Meet the fake Frank O’Hara.
Meet Ron Silliman’s clone (but don’t laugh).
Meet the new declinists.
Meet Kay Ryan’s travel agenda.
What’s going on at the National Mall in September.
The accountability of the artist.
Poetry tagged.
That’s all for now. Goodbye.