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Poetic Forms List – May 2010
Every so often, I like to share a poetic forms on this blog. And every so often, I like to collect them into a list that makes it easier to find and … Read more
Love & a jukebox: Two recent releases
I love keeping track of who is doing what, especially when those “who”s are former interview subjects on the Poetic Asides blog. Joseph Mills and Sandra Beasley have both recently released new … Read more
Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 087
Time to get back into our weekly Wednesday Poetry Prompt groove. If you still haven’t submitted up to 5 poems for the April PAD Challenge, click here to read the guidelines on … Read more
2010 April PAD Challenge: Day 30
Today is the final day of April, which also means it is the final day of the 2010 April PAD Challenge. It has been an amazing month of poeming and community, but … Read more
Exciting News!
We did it! Everyone did their part (small and/or large) to get me named co-Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere with Sina Queyras, who blogs for the PoetryFoundation.org and Lemon Hound. While I … Read more
2010 April PAD Challenge: Day 29
Today is the last day to cast a vote for the Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere competition. As of a few minutes ago, I was holding a 2-vote lead, though I was … Read more
2010 April PAD Challenge: Day 28
Since we’re so near the end, I’m going to start linking to the guidelines for any poets who wish to submit up to five of their favorite poems from the month (by … Read more
2010 April PAD Challenge: Day 27
Before we get into the prompt, I want everyone to click here to read the new Poem Nicely rules. 99.9% of the readers of this blog do not fall into this category. … Read more
Poem nicely
Recently, the temperature has been turned up on this blog–to the point at which some very nice poets are leaving or threatening to leave the blog because they don’t feel comfortable posting … Read more
Quality v. Quantity: Do they need each other?
Now that I’m escaping from the vacuum of National Poetry Month and another successful April Poem-A-Day Challenge, I find myself wondering about the relationship of quantity and quality in writing. Is there … Read more