A lot of folks know that, because of the way I go about the practice of writing poetry, I rarely submit work to literary journals. Today, after receiving email from a list I am subscribed to, I was reading a submissions FAQ when I came upon the following: Continue reading
Opinion
Something to keep in mind
In 1987, The Style Council released their third studio album, The Cost of Loving.
The album’s fourth song, ‘Fairy Tales’, is sung using feminine pronouns—clearly referring to Margaret Thatcher, then Prime Minister of the UK—but the first verse of the lyrics is printed as follows:
The giant towers over all
But from close distance he don’t seem that big at all
In fact he’s no more than you or I
Though we give him far more power than his size
(4 November 2016)
Kevin’s Rules of Poetry Reading Etiquette: For Everybody
I go to a lot of poetry readings. I have noticed a lot of things, good and bad, that affect how a given reading will go. On one occasion, where another poet’s lack of consideration effectively ate up a good chunk of what would have been my reading time, I got so frustrated that I made up a list.
Now that enough time has passed that I can address this calmly and rationally, I will now continue with my rules of poetry reading etiquette—this last set being a few general rules for everybody. Continue reading
Kevin’s Rules of Poetry Reading Etiquette: For Audiences
I go to a lot of poetry readings. I have noticed a lot of things, good and bad, that affect how a given reading will go. On one occasion, where another poet’s lack of consideration effectively ate up a good chunk of what would have been my reading time, I got so frustrated that I made up a list.
Now that enough time has passed that I can address this calmly and rationally, I will now continue with my rules of poetry reading etiquette—this time with the rules for audiences. Continue reading
Kevin’s Rules of Poetry Reading Etiquette: For Hosts
I go to a lot of poetry readings. I have noticed a lot of things, good and bad, that affect how a given reading will go. On one occasion, where another poet’s lack of consideration effectively ate up a good chunk of what would have been my reading time, I got so frustrated that I made up a list.
Now that enough time has passed that I can address this calmly and rationally, I will now continue with my rules of poetry reading etiquette—this time with the rules for hosts. Continue reading
Kevin’s Rules of Poetry Reading Etiquette: For Poets
I go to a lot of poetry readings. I have noticed a lot of things, good and bad, that affect how a given reading will go. On one occasion, where another poet’s lack of consideration effectively ate up a good chunk of what would have been my reading time, I got so frustrated that I made up a list.
Now that enough time has passed that I can address this calmly and rationally, I will now present my rules of poetry reading etiquette—starting with the rules for poets. Continue reading
Remember: backups are your friends
The Ranting Part
Much ado has been made of Google disabling the blog and Gmail account of artist Dennis Cooper. Apparently, beyond a general reference to ‘violation of terms of service’, Google has yet to explain why they took the action they did.
More importantly for Cooper is that he had posted ‘years of work’ to his blog, and is now unable to access it. Continue reading
How do we eliminate hate? A partial list
On one of my social media accounts, someone responded to a re-post of my poem “I have questions” by asking, “how do we eliminate hate?”
My response:
Kevin’s Rules of Poetry Reading Etiquette (the concise list version)
The following is based on fifteen months of poetry readings and open mics. I fully intend to post a more rant-y version of this later to reflect a couple of recent experiences; for now, I think this simple list will be appropriate: Continue reading
A wordy post about my approach to poetry
Poetry
I had something of an epiphany last weekend: I largely prefer hearing poetry recited to actually reading it. Continue reading
Ordinary Average Thoughts 