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Category Archives: Poets I Really Like
So You Think You Know the Romantic Poets? Test Yourself.
Can you tell the major Romantic poets apart based on their writing? Just for fun, see if you can match the lines of poetry with the poet who wrote them on the basis of style. Click on the link below for … Continue reading
A Wellspring of Poetry Happenings
Ohio Poetry Association Anthology Launch Party On April 16, at Bexley Library in Bexley, on the eastern edge of Columbus, the Ohio Poetry Association held the launch party and reading for its first anthology, Everything Stops and Listens, edited by … Continue reading
Posted in Books of poetry you should read, National Poetry Month, Poetry, Poetry Events, Poetry Readings, Poets I Really Like, Uncategorized, Writing Poetry
Tagged Andy Roberts, Borderlands Poetry Readings, Cathryn Essinger, Chuck Salmon, Concrete Poetry, David Baker, Erica DeWeese, George Bilgere, Grace Curtis, Kathy Fagan, launch party, literature, Main Street Books, Mark Hersman, Mark Sebastian Jordan, notable poets, Ohio Poetry Association, Ohio poets, Phyllis Lee, Poetry Events, Stephen Haven, Steve Abbott, wright memorial public library, writing
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Borderlands Reading
In mid-March, I was invited by Mark Sebastian Jordan, curator of the newly created monthly poetry event, Borderlands, at Main Street Books in Mansfield, Ohio, to read poetry along with Columbus poet, Andy Roberts. The event and the venue were … Continue reading
Five Lessons from Ohio Poets
Sometimes, “sitting alone in a room and wrenching it out of yourself” as Jon Winokur wrote in the introduction to his book, Advice to Writers, is not enough. So, I jumped at the opportunity to go to the free—did I … Continue reading
Weeding as a Source of Poetic Inspiration
I am pleased to have my poem, Weeding, currently featured in Repeat Poetry. It originally ran in Waccamaw Literary Journal. I like what Repeat Poetry does, which is to breathe new life to previously published work. It’s a site well worth following. The … Continue reading
Tension in Poetry
Tension is a word my thesis advisor, Angie Estes, introduced me to the first semester I studied with her at Ashland University a few years ago. She would write things on my submissions like, “doing [this or that] might enable … Continue reading
The Poetry of Maintenance Manuals
Years ago, I started my writing-for-pay career as a technical copywriter, delving into something I knew nothing about—an industrial line of pumps for the waste treatment, oil and gas, and food industries. It might not sound very glamorous, but to … Continue reading
Using the Polyptych in Poetry—Levis’ Winter Stars
A book of poetry I enjoy so much and go back to often is Larry Levis’ Winter Stars. From the first moment I read it, I was drawn into the beauty of the poems and into their honesty. There is … Continue reading
A Look at Prose Poetry — An Introduction to the Prose Poem, edited by Brian Clements and Jamey Dunham
I was introduced to prose poetry several years ago by the wonderful prose poet, Jamey Dunham. I met him in a poetry class I took at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. In 2008, Dunham won Salt Publishing, Ltd.’s prestigious … Continue reading
Posted in Books of poetry you should read, Poetry, Poets I Really Like, Prose Poetry, Uncategorized
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Poet, John Siddique—What it Means To Be Human
A few years ago I happened onto the work of British poet, John Siddique—a serendipitous discovery through Facebook. Originally, I came across the name of Chris Hamilton-Emery, an accomplished poet himself and one of Salt Publishing Limited’s director’s. I recognized … Continue reading
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