poetry

The following is intended only for mature audiences (A poem)

2015/11/30 — Leave a comment

For this one, I used the November 29th prompt in The Daily Poet, by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano, which is to take the first thing anybody says to you (or, if you don’t see anybody, the first thing you hear on radio, TV, etc.), and use it as the first line of a poem. I chose to make that first line the title instead.
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Coffee Stains update: proof ordered

2015/11/23 — Leave a comment

It seems my next collection of poems, Coffee Stains, is progressing well. After a few minor edits, I have ordered a couple of printed proofs. (I still have one very slight adjustment to make to the back cover, but I want to have a printed copy so I can more thoroughly go over the interior pages.)

At this point, it is quite possible that I could have the book finished ahead of schedule…

(23 November 2015)