Sometimes I get up very early, say 4 or 5 in the morning and I read poetry on my computer. The internet is a wonderful resource for poetry. I have found poems that have reached into my gut and pulled me inside out and twisted up my soul and then spat me out again, just …
Horoscopes For the Dead Every morning since you fell down on the face of the earth,I read about you in the newspaperalong with the box scores, the weather, and all the bad news. Sometimes I am reminded that todaywill not be a wildly romantic time for you,nor will you be challenged by educational goalsnor will …
I read an article today about a poet who plagiarised another person’s work and managed to get a book deal out of it until someone recognised a poem written by another and a whole shit storm happened. Yes, that’s terrible and rude and lazy and more but this post isn’t about the plagiarising of the …
There is a time of the day when I am filled with creative possibility. It’s usually at night, after dinner, having the last cup of tea for the day. I have so many ideas and worry I am running out of time and I am low on talent to create them all. But inspiration is …
When luck comes your way You must not waste her company. You must serve her tea and butterfly cakes, Sprinkle her with bon mots, and sing the songs of her childhood. You must take care but carry on as you always did. An honest day of being you. Do not fritter it away like …