I would have stood upon the mount and given her a wicker-weave-wedding-ring. That’s not exactly true. It was her grandmother’s engagement ring, and I had plans to conspire with her mother to get it re-sized for her fingers. She always said family was important to her. Smile like too-green-days, ‘n smell like spring-in-bloom. She was …
Continue reading “When you’re in love, you’re in love with a person. I learned this the hard way.”
I would like to argue, again, that Word or any word processor of that complexity is probably the most counter-productive program a poet or even author can work in, at least initially. The grammar and spelling lines are the most notable examples, but they are designed to attract your eye, which of course distracts you …
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This is part one of a full read through of Southerly Wind, done in one take. The entire reading is a little over an hour and a half long, split into four parts to play friendly with bandcamp. I have not listened back to this recording because I finished it and a sudden fear overwhelmed …
“It ain’t moonlight kid.”Tom drug me through the muck ‘n mire of the Mississippi. Water soured as we wandered into the Arkansas Delta; old bones ‘n guilt clutchin’.As it occured to me that I was drowning, flashes of history began to ooze up from the river-rocks. A first …
“Tom, where are ya Tom? I just had this thought. You know what shows like House seemed to always get wrong? The family. Whenever they talk to the family, it’s only ever just one or two people. I know it ain’t always like this, but I remember when my grandfather was in the hospital all …
<p>Poetry is not the thesaurus in your hand,<br/> it’s not the magic in your heart,<br/> it’s not in what you drink,<br/> how you act,<br/> who you are,<br/> what you do with your life,<br/> it’s words on a page.</p> <p>Being a poet isn’t any different than being a person.<br/> Being a good poet isn’t any different …
I read an article today that talked about the various “out of time” references in Shakespeare’s plays that made the point “research is always necessary”. I decided the internet needed a visual guide to poetic devices. It’s not complete, but here’s the start. Feel free to help me out on this project. Maybe if we …
