On Second Thought

Imagine, if you will, that you are falling from an airplane, mind you, without a parachute. You last remembered reading the in-flight magazine, then the airplane shuddering more violently that normal. Nervous about the less than smooth ride, for reassurance you turn...

What Poetry Changes

A favorite writing spot: VMFA For the second year, I’ve agreed to organize Richmond’s 100 Thousand Poets for Change. As of this writing, venues in 700 cities and 110 countries, in such far away places as Cairo Egypt, Port Au Prince Haiti, and Ulanbaataar Mongolia, are...

Anagram Poetry

Playing Anagram with my Name or Manage A Mantra Implying Why all chant reply haply rant cell yell arch plant yell chart plan clap thrall yen clap rally then car hall plenty racy plant hell a plant hell cry a rap lynch tell cant rally help can thrall yelp can partly...

Birth of a Book

The thud at the front screen door announced the arrival of Continental Drifts, my new poetry book. I ripped open the envelope to hold the culmination of months of writing and years of sending it to publishers. I returned upstairs to my office, placed the book on the...
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