The thing that I love about erasure poetry is how interactive it can (and should!) be with the original work it is pulling from. I think,… Read more ““My Face Resembles / The One Reflected in the Water”: Reading David Dodd Lee’s And Others, Vaguer Presences”
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Reading David Dodd Lee
Happy Sunday, all! As fellow readers, book lovers, and writers, I know you have authors and books in your back pocket that you find yourself returning to… Read more “Reading David Dodd Lee”
Hello Fall! Here’s What’s Coming in October.
Hi everyone and Happy Tuesday! And HAPPY FALL! This is my favorite-favorite time of year: the weather is just how I like it, I love all the… Read more “Hello Fall! Here’s What’s Coming in October.”
Today: Three Tiny Poems
BAR TALK You remind me of a father figure—not my real father who I leave absent from my poems. Maybe for him, there are too few words,… Read more “Today: Three Tiny Poems”
Reading Stephen King & Writing Horror Shovels
Hi friends! Happy Thursday. I hope you had a really wonderful holiday mid-week and are finding yourselves back in the full swing of things. The last… Read more “Reading Stephen King & Writing Horror Shovels”
“Sleepwalker” & The Inspiration Behind It
Happy Thursday, everyone! I’m arriving a tad late to the party again today, but I hope you each had a wonderful day, and I appreciate, again,… Read more ““Sleepwalker” & The Inspiration Behind It”
“I Remember Her Hair” & The Prompt That Led Me Here
Happy Wednesday, everyone! I hope you’re all enjoying your week. I’m doing things a little differently this week, writing poems every day, but in a mix… Read more ““I Remember Her Hair” & The Prompt That Led Me Here”
“All My Things Are Empty Now” & The Prompt That Wrote It
Hello, everyone! I hope you had a nice weekend and are enjoying your Monday. Starting this week, I’m going to do something a little different. I’m… Read more ““All My Things Are Empty Now” & The Prompt That Wrote It”
What Growing Up Tastes Like
—A poem today after a long hiatus —Happy International Day of the Girl WHAT GROWING UP TASTES LIKE I sit with my windows open,… Read more “What Growing Up Tastes Like”
My Reading with Write Night! Next Up: Dinosaurs.
Last night, I had the extremely great opportunity to perform as one of the five Selected Readers for Lit Literary Collective’s Write Night in May, organized… Read more “My Reading with Write Night! Next Up: Dinosaurs.”