Ugh! This was one of those days when I found it hard to get going. I was going to write an abecedarian poem, but I didn’t want to force anything, or have to resort to the ‘X marks the spot’ cliché.
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NaPoWriMo 2015, Day 9: Thinking about what I write versus what you see (a poem)
I don’t like any of the writing prompts I have seen today, so I am going with my first poem of the day, which is a brief contemplation about poetry…
The course of a quiet afternoon in the life of a solitary poet in search of the perfect poem (a poem)
Self-explanatory… Continue reading
In a room by the lake towards the end of the day (a poem)
An unusual move for me: I wrote this poem this afternoon, then read it at an open mic three hours later…
working through it (photo)
(1 February 2015)
The writer’s morning (a poem)
What will this day bring? This, for starters…
We pause for this interruption…
So, I ended up not writing anything yesterday. Continue reading
If it isn’t already obvious by now…
…I am trying to write and post one new poem every day in this new year. Continue reading
Q&A: How do you write?
A week ago, I posted an entry about why I write. This entry is about the process.
Q&A: Why do you write?
Last week, I did my first poetry reading to mark the release of my two poetry collections, Separation Anxiety and Journalism. The turnout was small (it was a school/work night, after all), but it made for a more casual, intimate evening—and the moon, which had been covered by clouds the night before, was fully visible rising above the lake.
One of my friends took the opportunity to ask questions about this latest venture of mine. After answering, I thought that it might be a good idea to include this information on my web site.
The first question: Continue reading
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