A friend read my blogpost yesterday and sent me this quote. I wanted to share it with you. “The most important elements in making a poem are diligence, the craft, imagination, passion, and you need to be a little nuts. Read everything, dig in for the long haul, work on your stamina, love poetry, love […]
First…a reminder that I will be reading this Thursday evening in Edmonds — Edmonds Bookshop, 6:30 — with David D. Horowitz, Joannie Stangeland, Robinson Bolkum, and Carolyne Wright — and would love to see you there. Come early and buy a book! Second …I recently came across some notes on revision that a friend typed […]
I am pleased to share with you a poem by my friend and fellow Writing Labster, Paul Marshall. Paul’s words have graced this blog before (check out his book, too, Building a Boat: Lessons of a 30-Year Project). Last August, he joined me and a bunch of other mostly-northwest poets in the poetry postcard challenge. His […]
During National Poetry Month, I’ll be doing some reading around town to celebrate. April 8 This Saturday, April 8, I’m reading with the World Peace Poets at 7 p.m. in Bellingham, at Village Books, at the debut of their second volume of collected poems. I have two poems in this collection, and I am a […]