Category: Writing
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NaPoWriMo Draft 5.
Warning: Cloying Child Story Ahead: Vincent had just woken up, and I was changing him from his pajamas to day clothes. “I love you,” said I. “No way!” said my baby. “I love you,” I repeated with some consternation. “No way!” said my baby. “I love you!” I wailed. “Hug!” cried Vincent. “Kiss!” Already a […]
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NaPoWriMo Draft 4.
I’m two poems behind, but never mind — 4 poems in 6 days is lightning-fast for me. Having a project in mind helps. The Collected Poets Series reading with Annie Boutelle and Jack Wiler was phenomenal — what a mix! Annie’s Scottish burr was mesmerizing, strongest as she read from Nest of Thistles, my favorite […]
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NaPoWriMo Draft 3.
This one was rough, maybe because I’m still recovering from last night — great reading! — but I’ll post it anyway. From my Spring Pleiades series, for a short time only, my third poem for NaPoWriMo: […gone…]
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NaPoWriMo Draft 2.
I was miraculously able to eke out enough time last night to write another poem, another Pleiades — I’m really enjoying this form, have decided to write a series of poems, Spring Pleiades, based on it. This poem flowed much quicker, probably because I spent so much time last go-around, and had a better idea […]
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NaPoWriMo Draft.
The Pleiades form introduced to me by ReadWritePoem turned out to be a great challenge. I managed to complete one draft of a poem thus far. It took nearly 5 hours. I’m not going to get very far at this rate. But I work slowly, tediously really. I was thinking of attempting the Rothko poem, […]
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Free Book from Sarabande!
I was looking up Gabriel Fried’s book of poems, Making the New Lamb Take (Sarabande Books, 2007) (he’s coming to read at Amherst College on April 22), and stumbled on this tidbit from Sarabande Books’ blog: April is National Poetry Month, and Sarabande is celebrating by offering a free book for sharing your favorite poem […]
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NaPoWriMo 2.
I stopped by Arts & Letters Daily and my head almost exploded. Seriously. Have you ever been there? All that text…my brain is bleeding. * Now that I’ve decided to trail along behind the NaPoWriMo bandwagon in my own little red wheelbarrow, I’m, well, dare I admit, feeling excited, like I’m catching a wave(let) on […]
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NaPoWriMo.
I don’t know who started it, (Maureen Thorson?) or when, the first time I remember hearing about it was last year — National Poetry Month has been transmogrified into National Poetry Writing Month. One poem a day for a month, to be exact. Unlikely? No — impossible, in every way — I can promise to […]
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Cave Wall 2.
I did at last receive my rejection from Cave Wall (www.cavewallpress.com), and I have to say, if I weren’t already happily married with child etc, I would totally fall in love with the editor. Seriously. That was the single greatest rejection ever! — loaded with comments & praise — subscribe now, Rhett (the editor) is […]
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Cave Wall.
The Winter/Spring 2008 issue of Cave Wall (http://www.cavewallpress.com) arrived in my mailbox today. This issue’s contributors include Charles Harper Webb, Tracy K. Smith, James Harms, and Jennifer Grotz, and art by Hector Ruiz. I really like this new poetry journal (this is their 3rd issue), it’s one of the many I subscribe to. The poems […]
Marie Gauthier 