Category: Writing
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Remembering
NEWBORN FEAR Perfect September blue sky morning light on the blanket you lay on your back swatting rattle above the financial streets Headline News billowing smoke from the Trade Center same blue sky…
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Back Scratching
We creative types can get crazy with competitiveness. (Remember Kanye West at the VMAs? Crazy.) Even beginners get crazy. You know that look you’ve seen on a friend’s face when you tell her you’ve just had a piece accepted for publication.…
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A View from Both Sides
I’m peaved at a couple of literary magazines right now. Back in March I submitted a poem to several different publications. I’ve heard back from all but two. These two really piss me off, because their websites give the impression…
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A Life’s Work
I’ve been thinking a lot about platform. We writers are told all the time that we need to build a platform, literally the soapbox we plan to stand on to grab the attention of readers. Platform comes naturally to nonfiction…
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Solidarity
I’ve begun a new habit of reading poetry each morning before I begin to write. At the moment, I’m working through the seventh edition of Contemporary American Poetry, edited by A. Poulin, Jr. and Michael Waters. I’m doing this to…