Line tamer.
Back in August I agreed to fill in for Project Verse weekly judge Dana Guthrie Martin to help judge the final round. The judges–Dustin Brookshire, Beth Gylys, me and the two guest judges, Denise Duhamel and Shaindel Beers–evaluated the work of the finalists, Kathi Morrison-Taylor and Emily Van Duyne, and we now have a winner. Read More …
Between send-off parties and birthday parties, trips to the park and the Bronx Zoo this weekend, I had the pleasure of reading and commenting on week three’s Project Verse entries as the guest judge. Now that all the judges’ comments are in you can see the results of the top two and bottom two, who Read More …
I’m the guest judge this week for Project Verse! In week three the remaining contestants have a simile vs. metaphor assignment to complete: two metaphors in a poem of 60 lines or less. Let’s see how they do! Their poems are due Friday morning by 10 and I’ll be reading them this weekend. Comments from Read More …
For those of you who love Project Runway, Dustin Brookshire of Limp Wrist Magazine and the blog I Was Born Doing Reference Work In Sin brings you Project Verse. What is Project Verse? Project Verse is the “Project Runway” of the poetry world, a free 10-week competition where 10 poets will complete a weekly assignment Read More …