Remember in one of my recent posts I mentioned I planned to write a quarterly post of my favorite reads? The first one will post the first week of April so, yeah, I’ve been saving links from my reading and … Continue reading 4 for Friday: Spreading the Writer Luv ❤️
My writing battery seems to be running low lately. It’s frustrating to want to write but my brain won’t cooperate. I envy people who say they write all the time. I mean, I could write all the time but it … Continue reading I Need a Jump Start
My poem “Wingless” appears in the inaugural issue of Nightingale & Sparrow . Thanks to Juliette Sebock for accepting this piece for her beautiful journal. I’m very pleased to be included in N&S with so many talented writers. Continue reading Poem in Nightingale & Sparrow
My poem, Pine, is published in Nine Muses Poetry today. Thanks to Editor Annest Gwilym for giving it a home. Continue reading Poem in Nine Muses
I’ve become interested in erasure poetry again. I’ve been looking through Pinterest for ideas and found some really good examples. As in the past, doing erasure, or blackout, poetry is a good exercise for me. It’s kind of like … Continue reading Clichés: An Erasure Poem
I have two poems up in Burning House Press today. Much thanks to Burning House and Bola Opaleke, guest Editor and Poet extraordinare, for selecting them for publication. These were originally written when my mother was ill and just after … Continue reading Poems in Burning House Press
Support is Conditional Whose tongue is knocking against my teeth because it’s not mine. Judgement is a river pulling me under, pulling me down to the rapids. We give flowers, sugar, the fizz of champagne but it doesn’t matter … Continue reading Poem: Support is Conditional
January is about half over and this year is looking like it’ll be the quickest of my life. I feel like it left me back in August. Since my last post, I’ve written bits and pieces of posts in my … Continue reading What I’ve Been Up To: #Writing #Reading #Poetry #Books
Glass: A Journal of Poetry has released its annual list of recommended reading in poetry. I keep a list, too, of favorite poems throughout the year so I thought I’d share a few with y’all. These are in no particular … Continue reading A Few of My Favorite Poems 2018
This quiet sigh of a morning draws me in clamor and clusters now a distant prairie in another world Continue reading Morning Meditation: The Morning After
