Poetry
November 4, 2009
- At the point in my attempts to write Poetry when all I seem to be doing is revising, revising, revising...and then revising some more...sometimes to the point where I'm losing the original feeling altogether...don't know if that's an indication of something wrong, or if I'm expecting too much, too soon...All I know is that I'm not enjoying it much...BUT, I submitted some of my work to numerous ...
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November 3, 2009
- I'm finally going to see him - tonight, in Durham, NC - a 75-year-old living legend who probably will never tour again(his manager stole his retirement fund - only reason he's touring). I've loved this guy for more than 30 years - I hope this is as great as I think it's going to be...
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November 3, 2009
- I used to write a great deal of poetry, but all that inspiration, that spark that comes to me has of recent years been funneled into fiction. The start of a poem was like a whip crack of inspiration, and then I had to try to find the words to follow it up. I'd chase an idea around and around, hoping to do that first glimmer justice, most often not. But I loved writing poems. I also like ...
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November 2, 2009
- A poem from "The Twilight Zone", my recently-completed full-length manuscript. I plan on posting these on a regular basis - kind of a drip-feed virtual poetry reading. This way, you don't have to leave home and sit in a noisy coffee-house, you don't have to sit through the open-mic and the sales-pitches - and if you don't like it - well, you can get up and leave any time you ...
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November 2, 2009
- What goes great with poetry? Food! If you like both, this is the book for you. Co-edited by Grace Cavalieri and Sabine Pascarelli, The Poet's Cookbook: Recipes from Tuscany contains poems by 28 poets and a generous number of recipes from the editors' own kitchens. The recipes are for dishes that will satisfy the most discriminating palate but also fit into the busy schedule of today's cook. ...
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October 31, 2009
- In part because a character in my new novel is a poet - which I am not - I've been reading a lot of poetry lately. It's amazingly inspiring. And I just came across this quote by Vladimir Nabokov which I find myself heartily agreeing with: "You have to saturate yourself with English poetry in order to compose English prose." One of the books through which I have been saturating myself ...
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October 30, 2009
- I've been getting my poetry published for 16 years now. After publishing more than one hundred poems in literary journals I have received: contributor copies, a check for 7$, a check for 88$, prize money of 100$, 50$, and 25$. When I think of the cost of sending my work out (ink, paper, postage, the yearly edition of Poet's Market, pens, etc.), I sometimes wonder why I continue to bother. I know, ...
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October 30, 2009
