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”
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”
“Where It’s Gone” & The Prompt Behind It
Hi everyone! Happy Tuesday! I’m doing things a little differently starting this week, sharing a poem and the writing prompt behind it (I’m back to writing… Read more ““Where It’s Gone” & The Prompt Behind It”
“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.”
Reading at LangLab Tonight! & Poem Featured as Creative Writing Prompt
Hi everyone! I hope you’re all enjoying your week. Two pieces of fun news for this afternoon— I’ll be reading tonight among friends at LangLab in… Read more “Reading at LangLab Tonight! & Poem Featured as Creative Writing Prompt”
Poem of the Day: Ada Limón
Help me turn my mind off. Help me be more than a song. The stress like a crow’s open flame. Help me to not give up… Read more “Poem of the Day: Ada Limón”
Poem of the Day: Kim Addonizio
DARKENING, THEN BRIGHTENING The sky keeps lying to the farmhouse, lining up its heavy clouds above the blue table umbrella, then launching them over the… Read more “Poem of the Day: Kim Addonizio”