Here’s your poetry assignment for this week, but it’s also my shameless plug for the freshwater review, v. 24, in which my poem “Considering a Photograph of a Piano Abandoned in a Field” appears. The review is student run and operates out of Duluth, MN (The College of St. Scholastica). I’m pleased to be part of this […]
Every Wednesday afternoon I meet—either on Zoom or in person, if our outdoor cafe is a safe bet—with several other writers. We have two dedicated novelists, but the rest of us write mostly poetry. All of us, I should add, write poetry sometimes. We’ve been meeting for 11 years. I think of myself as the […]
Just in case you should find yourself in Yakima on August 21. INLAND POETRY presents BLUE MOON RISING Saturday, August 21, 2021 5:30pm Picnic • 7pm Poetry • 8pm Open Mic featuring Rena Priest, WA State Poet Laureate Xavier Cavazos Jampa Dorje Bethany Reid Johnny Roger Schofield Joanna Thomas HAPPY HEN BARN Peg & […]
I’ve been in a funk this summer, and feeling, frankly, as though all this writing is pointless. Aren’t there already enough books in the world? Despite good friends, despite a class in which I was assigned to write one metaphor per day. (Which can also be similes, “This weird funk, purple like Puget Sound at […]